a. Also 7–9 exan-. [f. L. exsangu-is bloodless (f. ex- out + sanguis blood) + -IOUS, -EOUS.] Bloodless.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., III. xxi. 162. The ayre was a sufficient maintenance for these exanguious [printed exauguious] parts. Ibid., xxv. § 9. 175. That wormes are exanguious animalls, and such as have no blood at all.
1776. Da Costa, Conchology, 3. All shell animals are exanguious.
1841. T. R. Jones, Anim. Kingd., i. 1. The lowest embracing animals which in his view were … exsangueous or provided with a colourless fluid instead of blood.
