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Leech :: Leech (n.) See 2d Leach.

Paleechinoidea :: Paleechinoidea (n. pl.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also Palaeechini.

Malacobdella :: Malacobdella (n.) A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha..

Rhynchobdellea :: Rhynchobdellea (n. pl.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type..

Hirudinea :: Hirudinea (n. pl.) An order of Annelida, including the leeches; -- called also Hirudinei..

Leech :: Leech (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species..

Leech :: Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t..

Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.

Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..

Leeched :: Leeched (imp. & p. p.) of Leec.

Horse-leech :: Horse-leech (n.) A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

Horse-leechery :: Horse-leechery (n.) The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses..

Sanguisuge :: Sanguisuge (n.) A bloodsucker, or leech..

Ringtail :: Ringtail (n.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.

Leech :: Leech (v. t.) To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds..

Bowline :: Bowline (n.) A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled..

Bdelloidea :: Bdelloidea (n. pl.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.

Leechcraft :: Leechcraft (n.) The art of healing; skill of a physician.

Hirudine :: Hirudine (a.) Of or pertaining to the leeches.

Leeching :: Leeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leec.

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