Assertion: flea | /r/CapableOf | suck blood
Facets:
value: for up to 2 ½ hours
type: TEMPORAL
value: literally
type: MANNER
value: from their prey
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from his female lover
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: from the male speaker
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: John Donne's erotic metaphysical poem "The Flea", published in 1633 after his death, uses the conceit of a flea, which has sucked blood from the male speaker and his female lover, as an extended metaphor for their sexual relationship.
text: When talking about hosts, these are where the fleas will suck the blood.
text: They use their long, sharp beak to pierce an animal’s skin and suck its blood.
text: They stick their proboscis (a long, tubular, sucking mouthpart) into a kitten’s skin and suck their blood.
text: When a flea jumps onto your pet, it will start feeding within 5 minutes and may suck blood for up to 2 1/2 hours.
text: Fleas regurgitate digestive juices onto the skin of a bite site while they suck blood from their prey, and sometimes cats and dogs can have serious allergies to this juice.
text: This name is appropriate due to the flea being equipped to pierce the skin and suck blood
text: It sticks its proboscis into the skin and sucks blood.
text: When a flea jumps onto your pet, it will start feeding within 5 minutes and may suck blood for up to 2 ½ hours.
text: Fleas literally suck the blood right out from the animal’s skin and it slowly kills them.