Usually means: Consumption of blood for nourishment.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (hematophagy)

▸ noun:  The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.

Similar:
haematophagy, bloodfeeding, haematophage, kleptohematophagy, cleptohematophagy, hematotrophy, hemovore, hematotroph, anthropophagy, biophagy, more...

Opposite:
herbivory, frugivory, granivory

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Similar:
haematophagy, bloodfeeding, haematophage, kleptohematophagy, cleptohematophagy, hematotrophy, hemovore, hematotroph, anthropophagy, biophagy, more...

Opposite:
herbivory, frugivory, granivory



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