NOUN | animal | leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end |
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person | leech, parasite, sponge, sponger | a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | |
VERB | body | leech, bleed, phlebotomize, phlebotomise | draw blood |
Sounds | liy'ch | |
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Rhymes | beach ... teach / Teach: 19 rhymes with iych... |
Meaning | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end. | |
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Synonyms | bloodsucker, hirudinean | |
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 | |
Verbs | leech | draw blood |
Meaning | A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage. | |
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Synonyms | parasite, sponge, sponger | |
Broader | follower | A person who accepts the leadership / leadership of another |
Spanish | esponja, estrujador, parásito, sanguijuela | |
Catalan | paràsit, sangonella, sangonera |
Meaning | Draw blood. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | bleed, phlebotomize, phlebotomise | |
Category | medicine, practice of medicine | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
Broader | treat, care for | Provide treatment for |
Spanish | aplicar sangüijuelas, extraer sangre, flebotomitzar, sangrar | |
Catalan | flebotomitzar, sagnar | |
Nouns | leech | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end |
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