Italian Meaning of leech

sanguisuga

Other Italian words related to sanguisuga

Definitions and Meaning of leech in English

Wordnet

leech (n)

carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

Wordnet

leech (v)

draw blood

Webster

leech (n.)

See 2d Leach.

The border or edge at the side of a sail.

A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.

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.

A glass tube of peculiar construction, adapted for drawing blood from a scarified part by means of a vacuum.

Webster

leech (v. t.)

See Leach, v. t.

To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.

To bleed by the use of leeches.

FAQs About the word leech

sanguisuga

carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end, a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host)

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benefattore,sostenitore,filantropo

leeboard => Deriva laterale, leeangle => Angolo sottovento, lee yuen kam => Lee Yuen Kam, lee trevino => Lee Trevino, lee tide => Bassa marea,