medicinal leech (n)
Hirudo medicinalis (n)

n01938454

type n
lex_filenum 05
def large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting
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Hypernym leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean
Member holonym Hirudo, genus Hirudo
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Hyponym leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean
Member meronym Hirudo, genus Hirudo

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