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noun

the dried blood of animals used as a fertilizer, diet supplement for livestock, or deer repellent.

Origin:
1885–90

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blood meal
noun
the dried and powdered blood of animals

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Place in whatever they normally feed upon or in other animals if they take the blood meal from others.

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