OXFORD 9000
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📚 noun • entry_id 14645

leech

/liːt͡ʃ/
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
sanguijuela • sanguja
An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
The leech on his leg had swelled to more than five inches long, puffed and swollen on his blood.
Phrases
green leechhorse leechhorse-leechland-leechleechlikeleechyturtle leechwater-leech
Word forms
leeches