NOUN: "any of various small wingless usually flattened insects...parasitic on warm-blooded animals" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "any of various small wingless usually flattened insects...parasitic on warm-blooded animals" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
2. wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting; mostly parasitic on birds

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

WARM-BLOODED (adjective)
1. having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated)
PARASITIC (adjective)
1. of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another
2. of or pertaining to epenthesis

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