Solenophagous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Solenophagous is an adjective meaning Feeding directly on blood from blood vessels.
Meaning
Feeding directly on blood from blood vessels.
Example Sentences
Mosquitoes, fleas, lice, and bloodsucking bugs, whose mouthparts are long and well adapted to localize blood vessels and suck directly from them or from pools formed by their rupture, are called solenophagous.
These results indicate reduviids, and possibly other fast-feeding solenophagous arthropods like sandflies, provoke a weak immune response initially, but macroscopic reactions develop quickly once appropriate sensitization occurs as a result of chronic exposure.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hemophagous, sanguivorous, haemophagous, solenophagic, telmophagous, histiophagous.
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