- genus Hirudo
- nountype genus of the family Hirudinidae• Syn: ↑Hirudo• Hypernyms: ↑worm genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Hirudinidae, ↑family Hirudinidae• Member Meronyms: ↑medicinal leech, ↑Hirudo medicinalis
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genus Hirudo
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Hirudo medicinalis — Conservation status Near Threatened&# … Wikipedia
Hirudo — noun type genus of the family Hirudinidae • Syn: ↑genus Hirudo • Hypernyms: ↑worm genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Hirudinidae, ↑family Hirudinidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Hirudo medicinalis — noun large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting • Syn: ↑medicinal leech • Hypernyms: ↑leech, ↑bloodsucker, ↑hirudinean • Member Holonyms: ↑Hirudo, ↑genus Hirudo … Useful english dictionary
Hirudo — Hi*ru do, n. [L., a leech.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See {Leech}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hirudo — A genus of leeches (class Hirudinea, family Gnathobdellidae). Species previously used in medicine are: H. australis, Australian leech; H. decora, American leech; H. interrupta or H. troctina, a leech of northern Africa; H. medicinalis, speckled,… … Medical dictionary
worm genus — noun a genus of worms • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Sagitta, ↑genus Spadella, ↑Fasciola, ↑genus Fasciola, ↑Fasciolopsis, ↑genus Fasciolopsis, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Медицинская пиявка — ? Медицинская пиявка Медицинская пиявка в процессе сосания … Википедия
European Medical Leech — Taxobox name = European Medical Leech status = LR/nt status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 220px image caption = European Medical Leech in the wild regnum = Animalia phylum = Annelida classis = Clitellata ordo = Hirudinea familia = Hirudidae… … Wikipedia
Hirudinidae — noun a family of Hirudinea • Syn: ↑family Hirudinidae • Hypernyms: ↑worm family • Member Holonyms: ↑Hirudinea, ↑class Hirudinea • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
leech — 1. A bloodsucking aquatic annelid worm (genus Hirudo, class Hirudinea) sometimes used in medicine for local withdrawal of blood.For various l. species, see Hirudo. 2. To treat … Medical dictionary
