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Leeches
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leeches
any of numerous carnivorous or bloodsucking usually freshwater annelid worms (class Hirudinea) that have typically a flattened lanceolate segmented body with a sucker at each end, to attach oneself to a person as a leech, either vertical edge of a square sail, the after edge of a fore-and-aft sail, any of numerous carnivorous or bloodsucking annelid worms that comprise the class Hirudinea, that typically have a flattened segmented lance-shaped body with well-marked external annulations, a sucker at each end, a mouth within the anterior sucker, and a large stomach with pouches of large capacity at the sides, that are hermaphroditic usually with direct development, and that occur chiefly in freshwater although a few are marine and some tropical forms are terrestrial see medicinal leech, a person who clings like a leech to another person for advantage or gain, to treat as a physician, physician, surgeon, to bleed by the use of leeches, a hanger-on who seeks advantage or gain, any of numerous flesh-eating or bloodsucking usually flattened worms that are made up of segments and have a sucker at each end, to drain the substance of
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Leeches
any of numerous carnivorous or bloodsucking usually freshwater annelid worms (class Hirudinea) that have typically a flattened lanceolate segmented body with a
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