| NOUN | animal | Hirudo medicinalis, medicinal leech | large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting |
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| Meaning | large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting. | |
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| Synonym | medicinal leech | |
| Member of | Hirudo, genus Hirudo | type genus of the family Hirudinidae |
| Broader | leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end |
| Spanish | sanguijuela | |
| Catalan | sangonera | |
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