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The answer LEECH has 261 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of leech in various dictionaries:
noun - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
noun - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
verb - draw blood
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| Possible Crossword Clues |
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| Parasite |
| Sponger |
| Carnivorous worm |
| Sponge |
| Parasitic person |
| Freeloader |
| Hanger-on |
| Bloodsucker |
| Moocher |
| "The African Queen" hanger-on |
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| Medical use of this bloodsucker seen here dates back over 2500 years |
| Hirudinea medicinalis is a species of this bloodsucking worm used in medicine |
| From its etymology you can figure out that "sangsue", from Round 15, is a name for this worm |
| To drain the essence of, or to bleed via a certain bloodsucking worm |
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| Archaic A physician. |
| To bleed with leeches. |
| To drain the essence or exhaust the resources of. |
| To attach oneself to another in the manner of a leech. |
| Nautical Either vertical edge of a square sail. |
| Nautical The after edge of a fore-and-aft sail. |
| Leech description |
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Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worm-like animals that belong to the phylum Annelida and comprise the subclass Hirudinea. They are closely related to the oligochaetes, which include the earthworms, and like them have soft, muscular, segmented bodies that can lengthen and contract. Both groups are hermaphrodites and have a clitellum, but leeches typically differ from the oligochaetes in having suckers at both ends and in having external annulations that do not correspond with their internal segmentation. The body is relatively solid, and the spacious body cavity found in other annelids, the coelom, is reduced to small channels. * The majority of leeches live in freshwater environments, while some species can be found in terrestrial and marine environments. The best-known, such as the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, are hematophagous, attaching themselves to a host with a sucker and feeding on blood, having first secreted the peptide hirudin to prevent the blood from clot |