hirudinean

n.

1.

Any of a number of carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hirudinean - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end bloodsucker, leech annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm - worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally class Hirudinea, Hirudinea - hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids Hirudo medicinalis, medicinal leech - large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting horseleech - any of several large freshwater leeches