verenimijä

== Finnish == === Etymology === veren (“of blood”, genitive) +‎ imijä (“sucker”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋerenˌimijæ/, [ˈʋe̞re̞nˌimi(j)æ] Rhymes: -imijæ Syllabification(key): ve‧ren‧i‧mi‧jä Hyphenation(key): veren‧imi‧jä === Noun === verenimijä 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) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (vampire bat): vampyyri, vampyyrilepakko, verivampyyri (person): riistäjä, riistokapitalisti ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “verenimijä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023