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Leech :: Leech (n.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum..

Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms..

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

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..

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

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

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.

Leach :: Leach (n.) See 3d Leech.

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species..

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

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