Designating blood (chiefly poetic). Cf. red-blooded, adj.

Chiefly poetic. Of the colour of blood; bloody, bloodstained (literal and figurative).

Of the blood: Bright red (i.e. arterial).

Zoology. Having blood containing red blood cells or haemoglobin.

Of or pertaining to lake; of the colour of lake; spec. of the blood, when the red corpuscles are acted upon by some solvent.