释义 |
sanguivorous, a.|sæŋˈgwɪvərəs| [f. L. sanguis blood: see -vorous.] Feeding on blood.
1842Blyth in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal XI. i. 255 Notice of the predatory and sanguivorous habits of the Bats of the genus Megaderma. 1883G. E. Dobson in Nature XXVII. 412 The vampire..believed by the older naturalists to be thoroughly sanguivorous in its habits. |