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

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

Malacobdella :: Malacobdella (n.) A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha..

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

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

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

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.

Cowleech :: Cowleech (n.) One who heals diseases of cows; a cow doctor.

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

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

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

Leeching :: Leeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leec.

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

Horse-leechery :: Horse-leechery (n.) The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses..

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..

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

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

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