HyperDic: genus_hirudo

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Hirudo:
NOUNanimalgenus Hirudo, Hirudotype genus of the family Hirudinidae
English > genus Hirudo: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of the family Hirudinidae.
SynonymHirudo
Member ofHirudinidae, family HirudinidaeA family of Hirudinea
Membersmedicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalislarge European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting
Broaderworm genusA genus of worms
Spanishgénero Hirudo, genus hirudo, hirudo, Hirudo
Catalangenus hirudo, hirudo

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