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Definition of leech

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Leech (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species..

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Leech :: Leech (n.) See 2d Leach.

Leech :: Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t..

Ringtail :: Ringtail (n.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.

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

Touch :: Touch (v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes..

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..

Leech :: Leech (n.) The border or edge at the side of a sail.

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..

Annulata :: Annulata (n. pl.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida..

Hirudo :: Hirudo (n.) A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech..

Luff :: Luff (n.) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails..

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..

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

Hirudinea :: Hirudinea (n. pl.) An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei..

Leach :: Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician..

Rhynchobdellea :: Rhynchobdellea (n. pl.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type..

Leech :: Leech (v. t.) To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds..

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

Clepsine :: Clepsine (n.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms..

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