hematophagy.

The consumption of blood as a feeding habit.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• insect hematophagy
• hematophagy in a species

On the page

The fictional species depended on hematophagy rather than ordinary predation.

The biologist distinguished hematophagy from blood spilled during a territorial fight.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.