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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..

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

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

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

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

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.

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..

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..

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

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

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

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.

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..

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

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

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

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

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