HIRUDO MEDICINALIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Hirudo medicinalis mean? • 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.
Dictionary entry details
• HIRUDO MEDICINALIS (noun)
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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