leech (n)
bloodsucker (n)
hirudinean (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 05
def carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
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Hypernym annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm
Member holonym Hirudinea, class Hirudinea
Derivationally related form leech → leech
Hyponym medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis; horseleech
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Hyponym annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm
Member meronym Hirudinea, class Hirudinea
Hypernym medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis; horseleech
Derivationally related form leech → leech

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