Leech — Taxobox image width = 220px image caption = A leech in China regnum = Animalia subregnum = Eumetazoa superphylum = Lophotrochozoa phylum = Annelida classis = Clitellata subclassis = Hirudinea subclassis authority = Lamarck, 1818 subdivision ranks … Wikipedia
Leech (comics) — Infobox comics character character name=Leech imagesize=250 converted=y caption=Art by Jim Muniz real name=Simon LeeFact|date=March 2008, Jimmy in the film species=Human Mutant publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Uncanny X Men #179 (Mar 1984) creators … Wikipedia
Leech (He-Man) — Infobox He Man/She Ra Character|Alliance=#B22222 Title=Leech Name=Leech Secret= Status=Alive Affiliation=Evil Horde Family= Powers=Suction pads on hands, feet and mouth which provide the ability to drain the life force of his victims Weapons=… … Wikipedia
leech — leech1 noun 1》 a parasitic or predatory annelid worm with suckers at both ends, examples of which were formerly used in medicine for bloodletting. [Hirudo medicinalis (medicinal leech) and other species, class Hirudinea.] 2》 a person who extorts… … English new terms dictionary
leech — I. /litʃ / (say leech) noun 1. any of the bloodsucking or carnivorous, usually aquatic, worms constituting the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used by physicians for bloodletting and now occasionally used… …
leech — [[t]li͟ːtʃ[/t]] leeches 1) N COUNT A leech is a small animal which looks like a worm and lives in water. Leeches feed by attaching themselves to other animals and sucking their blood. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a leech,… … English dictionary
leech — 1. n. 1 any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Hirudinea with suckers at both ends, esp. Hirudo medicinalis, a bloodsucking parasite of vertebrates formerly much used medicinally. 2 a person who extorts profit from or sponges on… … Useful english dictionary
leech — lɪËtʃ n. bloodsucking worm; person who clings to another without giving anything in return, parasite; doctor, physician (Archaic) v. cling to, stick to like a leech; draw blood using leeches … English contemporary dictionary
like a leech — very closely or persistently. → leech … English new terms dictionary
John Leech (caricaturist) — John Leech (August 29, 1817 ndash;October 29, 1864 in London) was an English caricaturist.Early lifeJohn Leech was born in London. His father, a native of Ireland, was the landlord of the London Coffee House on Ludgate Hill, a man , on the… … Wikipedia
