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HIRUDO MEDICINALIS

• HIRUDO MEDICINALIS (noun)
The noun HIRUDO MEDICINALIS has 1 sense:

1. large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting

Familiarity information: HIRUDO MEDICINALIS used as a noun is very rare.

• HIRUDO MEDICINALIS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Hirudo medicinalis; medicinal leech

Hypernyms ("Hirudo medicinalis" is a kind of...):

bloodsucker; hirudinean; leech (carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end)

Holonyms ("Hirudo medicinalis" is a member of...):

genus Hirudo; Hirudo (type genus of the family Hirudinidae)

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