different between hemovore vs hematophagy

English

Alternative forms

• haemovore

Etymology

hemo- +? -vore

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: he?mo?vore

Noun

hemovore (plural hemovores)

1. (biology) An organism that ingests blood as the main part of its diet; examples of hemovores include leeches, fleas, ticks, mosquitos, vampire bats, and the vampire ground finch.

Synonyms

• vampire

Related terms

• hematology
• hematophagy
• haematophagy
• hematophagia
• hemoglobin
• hemotoxin

Translations

See also

• carnivore
• folivore
• frugivore
• herbivore
• insectivore
  • entomophagy
• omnivore

English

Alternative forms

• hematophagia
• haematophagy

Etymology

hemato- +? -phagy

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?hi?.m??t?f.?.d??/, /?hi?.m??t?f.?.??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?hi.m??t?f.?.d?i/

Noun

hematophagy (uncountable)

1. The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
   • 2005, Conrad C. Labandeira, "Fossil History and Evolutionary Ecology of Diptera and Their Associations with Plants", in David K. Yeates & Brian M. Wiegmann (editors), The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 239

     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.

Synonyms

• hematophagia

Related terms

• hematophagic
• hematophagous
• hemovore

Translations