MEDICINAL LEECH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting

Synonyms:

Hirudo medicinalis; medicinal leech

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Nouns denoting animals

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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