What is the meaning of leechlike?

adjective

  • Of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another.
    • usage: "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"; "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"; "bloodsucking blackmailer"; "his indolent leechlike existence"
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