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medicinal leech
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medicinal leech
n
(Medicine) a large European freshwater leech, Hirudo medicinalis, formerly used in medical bloodletting
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Noun1.medicinal leech - large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodlettingmedicinal leech - large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting
Hirudo medicinalis
bloodsucker, hirudinean, leech - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
genus Hirudo, Hirudo - type genus of the family Hirudinidae
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