Definition of leech

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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..

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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.
Rhynchobdellea :: Rhynchobdellea (n. pl.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type..
Leechcraft :: Leechcraft (n.) The art of healing; skill of a physician.
Leech :: Leech (v. t.) See Leach, v. t..
Leech :: Leech (n.) A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum..
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..
Apoda :: Apoda (n.) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech..
Sanguisuge :: Sanguisuge (n.) A bloodsucker, or leech..
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..
Cowleeching :: Cowleeching (n.) Healing the distemper of cows.
Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species..
Leech :: Leech (n.) See 2d Leach.
Leech :: Leech (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.
Ringtail :: Ringtail (n.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.
Leach :: Leach (n.) See Leech, a physician..
Horse-leech :: Horse-leech (n.) A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.
Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms..
Leech :: Leech (v. t.) To bleed by the use of leeches.
Brail :: Brail (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling..
Leeching :: Leeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Leec.
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