blood meal

n.1. The dried and powdered blood of animals, used in animal feeds and as a nitrogen-rich fertilizer for plants.2. The blood ingested in one feeding by a blood-sucking insect or arachnid such as a mosquito or tick.

blood′ meal`

n. the dried blood of animals used as a fertilizer, diet supplement for livestock, or deer repellent. [1885–90]

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blood meal - the dried and powdered blood of animalsfeed, provender - food for domestic livestock

Blood Meal

a product of the processing of blood collected during the slaughter of cattle. It is used as a source of complete protein in the feeding of farm animals. First-quality meal contains a maximum of 9 percent water, no more than 3 percent fat, about 6 percent ash, and no less than 81 percent protein. One kilogram of blood meal with 9 percent moisture contains 1.06 feed units and 758 g of digestible protein. Blood meal is used for fattening all farm animals, but especially hogs, poultry, and fur-bearing animals. Blood meal that is unsuitable for feeding purposes is used as fertilizer.

blood meal

n. The blood ingested in one feeding by a blood-sucking insect or arachnid such as a mosquito or tick.

blood meal

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noun the dried and powdered blood of animals

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feed
provender

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