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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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| an aquatic or terrestrial annelid worm with suckers at both ends. Many species are bloodsucking parasites, especially of vertebrates, and others are predators. |
| 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 |
| draw blood |
| a type of worm that lives in wet places and fastens itself onto the bodies of humans and animals to feed on their blood |
| a person who gives attention to someone over a long period in order to get their money or support |
| a fat worm that lives in wet places and fastens itself onto the bodies of humans and animals to suck their blood |
| disapproving A leech is also a person who gets money or support from someone, giving little or nothing in return. |
| Any of various chiefly aquatic bloodsucking or carnivorous annelid worms of the class Hirudinea, of which one species (Hirudo medicinalis) was formerly used by physicians to bleed patients and is now sometimes used as a temporary aid to circulation during surgical reattachment of a body part. |
| One that preys on or clings to another a parasite. |
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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 |