Hematophagy
//ˌhi.məˈtɑf.ə.d͡ʒi// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood. uncountable
"Most Lower brachyceran taxa also have nectarivorous or related fluid diets..., although a few basal clades have shifted to predominantly hematophagy; particularly the Spaniidae, Anthericidae, Xylophagidae, and certain lineages within the Tabanidae."
Example
More examples"Most Lower brachyceran taxa also have nectarivorous or related fluid diets..., although a few basal clades have shifted to predominantly hematophagy; particularly the Spaniidae, Anthericidae, Xylophagidae, and certain lineages within the Tabanidae."
Etymology
From hemato- + -phagy.
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