hirudo medicinalis

Noun
  1. Large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting (synset 101941095)
    is a type of: bloodsucker, hirudinean, leech - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
    belongs to: genus hirudo, hirudo - type genus of the family Hirudinidae
    same as: medicinal leech

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