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Hirudine :: Hirudine (a.) Of or pertaining to the leeches.

Leech :: Leech (n.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum..

Leach :: Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.

Gill :: Gill (n.) A leech.

Sanguisuge :: Sanguisuge (n.) A bloodsucker, or leech..

Leechcraft :: Leechcraft (n.) The art of healing; skill of a physician.

Horse-leech :: Horse-leech (n.) A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.

Bloodletting :: Bloodletting (n.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection..

Bdelloidea :: Bdelloidea (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Apoda :: Apoda (n.) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech..

Leeched :: Leeched (imp. & p. p.) of Leec.

Horse-leech :: Horse-leech (n.) A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses..

Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms..

Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species..

Leech :: Leech (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.

Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..

Annelida :: Annelida (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or earthworms and Polychaeta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chaetopoda..

Paleechinoidea :: Paleechinoidea (n. pl.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also Palaeechini.

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