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Definition of hirudinean

carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

Similar Words: leech, bloodsucker

Hyponyms: medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis, horseleech

Member Meronyms: Hirudinea, class Hirudinea

Derivational Morphology: bleed, leech, phlebotomize, phlebotomise

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