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Bdellomorpha :: Bdellomorpha (n.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams..

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

Apoda :: Apoda (n.) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech..

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

Annelida :: Annelida (n. pl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chaetopoda, including the Oligochaeta or earthworms and Polychaeta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chaetopoda..

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 bleed by the use of leeches.

Cowleech :: Cowleech (n.) One who heals diseases of cows; a cow doctor.

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..

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..

Leach :: Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician..

Bloodletting :: Bloodletting (n.) The act or process of letting blood or bleeding, as by opening a vein or artery, or by cupping or leeches; -- esp. applied to venesection..

Leech :: Leech (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.

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

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..

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

Leech :: Leech (n.) The border or edge at the side of a sail.

Horse-leech :: Horse-leech (n.) A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses..

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

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