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bloodlike

  • a word derived from blood.
    blood
    noun
    the fluid that circulates in the principal vascular system of human beings and other vertebrates, in humans consisting of plasma in which the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are suspended.

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This bloodlike substance is chock-full of carminic acid—a toxic chemical that grants the liquid its vivid hue and prompts the ants to quickly abandon their assault.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 15, 2024

Called hemolymph, the substance is chock-full of carminic acid, a toxic chemical that grants the liquid a bloodlike hue and prompts the ants to abandon their assault.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 12, 2024

The key to making synthetic bloodlike solution look delicious to mosquitoes is to warm it up first, says Veronica Jové, a doctoral student at Rockefeller University in New York.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2020

The top channel brings air to the membrane and the bottom one contains a bloodlike fluid.

From Economist ● Jun. 11, 2015

A bloodlike substance, dark and tarry, seemed to be leaking from the diadem.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling