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English noun: medicinal leech

1. medicinal leech (animal) large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting


SynonymsHirudo medicinalis


Broader (hypernym)bloodsucker, hirudinean, leech


Member meronymgenus Hirudo, Hirudo









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