verenimijä

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • bloodsucker animal that feeds with blood, e.g. mosquito, vampire bat
  • vampire bat any of the three species of bat in the subfamily Desmodontinae
  • (figuratively) bloodsucker, leech, parasite, shark person who exploits others

Etymology

Compound from Finnish veri (blood, of blood, blood's) + Finnish imijä (sucker).

Origin

Finnish

imijä

Gloss

sucker

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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