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MEDICINAL LEECH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting
Synonyms:
Hirudo medicinalis; medicinal leech
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("medicinal leech" is a kind of...):
bloodsucker; hirudinean; leech (carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end)
Holonyms ("medicinal leech" is a member of...):
genus Hirudo; Hirudo (type genus of the family Hirudinidae)
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