medicinal leech

Definitions of medicinal leech
  1. noun
    large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting
    synonyms: Hirudo medicinalis
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    type of:
    bloodsucker, hirudinean, leech
    carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
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