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hematophagy

practice by certain animals of feeding on blood
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hematophagy
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hematophagy

Summary

hematophagy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,417 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hematophagy is a type of parasitism[2].
  • hematophagy is a type of zoophagy[3].
  • hematophagy's Commons category is recorded as Hematophagy[4].
  • hematophagy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Haematophagy[5].
  • hematophagy's practiced by is recorded as hematophage[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include parasitism[2] and zoophagy[3].

Why It Matters

hematophagy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,417 views/month).[1] hematophagy has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] hematophagy is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → parasitism, zoophagy
    Subclass of → —
    Practiced by → hematophage
    Verbaalpina id → C9268
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C9268, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
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