| NOUN | animal | hirudinean, leech, bloodsucker | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end |
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| Meaning | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end. | |
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| Synonyms | leech, bloodsucker | |
| Member of | Hirudinea, class Hirudinea | hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial or parasitic annelids |
| Narrower | horseleech | Any of several large freshwater leeches |
| medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis | large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting | |
| Broader | annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm | worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally |
| Spanish | hirudinea, hirudinean, hirudíneo, sanguijuela | |
| Catalan | hirudinean, hirudini, sangonera | |
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