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

Leech :: Leech (v. t.) To bleed by the use of leeches.

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

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..

Hirudo :: Hirudo (n.) A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech..

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

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..

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..

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.

Luff :: Luff (n.) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails..

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

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

Annulata :: Annulata (n. pl.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida..

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

Gill :: Gill (n.) A leech.

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

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..

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

Clepsine :: Clepsine (n.) A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms..

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