- water leech
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Lewis & Short latin dictionary. 2014.
water leech
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Leech — /leech/, n. Margaret, 1893 1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer. * * * Any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea (about 300 known species), with a small sucker containing the mouth at the front end and a large sucker at the back end.… … Universalium
LEECH — (Heb. עֲלוּקָה, AV, JPS: horseleech ), blood sucking worm. The aphorism in the Book of Proverbs (30:15) that the leech hath two daughters: Give, give refers to the two sucking disks on its head with which it adheres to its prey and sucks its… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
leech — leech1 [lēch] n. [ME leche < OE læce, akin to OHG lāhhi, Goth lēkeis, magician, healer, OE lacnian, to heal, prob. < IE base * leg̑ , collect, gather together > L lex (see LEGAL); LEECH1 sense 2 is supposedly same word (from use in… … English World dictionary
Leech — Taxobox image width = 220px image caption = A leech in China regnum = Animalia subregnum = Eumetazoa superphylum = Lophotrochozoa phylum = Annelida classis = Clitellata subclassis = Hirudinea subclassis authority = Lamarck, 1818 subdivision ranks … Wikipedia
leech — leech1 leechlike, adj. /leech/, n. 1. any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting. 2. a person who clings to another… … Universalium
Leech Lake Indian Reservation — The Leech Lake Indian Reservation or Gaa zagaskwaajimekaag in the Ojibwe language, is located in the north central Minnesota counties of Beltrami, Cass, Hubbard, and Itasca. It is the land base for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. As of the 2000… … Wikipedia
leech — 1. A bloodsucking aquatic annelid worm (genus Hirudo, class Hirudinea) sometimes used in medicine for local withdrawal of blood.For various l. species, see Hirudo. 2. To treat … Medical dictionary
leech — n. a type of worm that possesses suckers at both ends of its body. Leeches occur in tropical forests and grasslands and in water. Certain parasitic species suck blood from animals and humans, and their bites cause irritation and, in some cases,… … The new mediacal dictionary
Leech Lake Township, Cass County, Minnesota — Infobox Settlement official name = Leech Lake Township, Minnesota settlement type = Township nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image |pushpin pushpin label position =left pushpin map caption =Location within the state of Minnesota… … Wikipedia
leech — 1) a fly tied in imitation of a leech, with dark materials that soak up water 2) fish leech, a parasite, q.v … Dictionary of ichthyology
leech — [[t]li͟ːtʃ[/t]] leeches 1) N COUNT A leech is a small animal which looks like a worm and lives in water. Leeches feed by attaching themselves to other animals and sucking their blood. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a leech,… … English dictionary
