bloodsucker
blood·suc·ker
noun
1.
carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
Origin
From blood + sucker. The “changeable lizard” sense is perhaps because of the reddish color of its neck.
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