Look up: Leech

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   Leech
   Leech is a township in Wayne County Illinois, USA
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   leech
   [n] - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage 2. [n] - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
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   Leech
   The aft edge of the triangular sail - the one that's not attached to anything.
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   Leech
   the back edge of a sail
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   leech
   (networking) Someone who downloads files but provides nothing for others to download. The term is common on BitTorrent, which relies on having multiple sources for files to improve download speed. (2007-03-27)
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   Leech
   Leech: 1. An aquatic parasite that sucks blood from animals. Leeches play a role in medicine today. See: Leech therapy. 2. (Archaic) A physician or surgeon (because they did so much leeching). 3. A person who behaves as a parasite.
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   leech
   the after edge of a sail; the part of a sail which is to leeward. Category: Sports, entertainments and leisure
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   Leech
   Leech (lēch) noun See 2d Leach .
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   Leech
   Leech transitive verb See Leach , transitive verb
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    Leech
    Leech noun [ Confer LG. leik , Icelandic līk , Swedish lik boltrope, stående liken the leeches.] (Nautical) The border or edge at the side of a sail. [ Written also leach .] Leech line , a line attached to the leech ropes of sails, passing up through blocks on the yards, to haul the leeches by. Totten. -- Leech r ...
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    Leech
    Leech noun [ Middle English leche , lęche , physician, Anglo-Saxon lǣce ; akin to Fries. lētza , Old High German lāhhī , Icel . lęknari , Swedish läkare , Danish lęge , Goth. lēkeis , Anglo-Saxon lācnian to heal, Swedish läka , Danish lęge , Icelandic lękna< ...
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    Leech
    Leech transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Leeched (lēcht); present participle & verbal noun Leeching .] 1. To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds. [ Archaic] 2. To bleed by the use of leeches.
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    leech
    1. Physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing. ... Alternative forms: leach] 'Leech, heal thyself.' (Wyclif (Luke iv. 23)) ... 2. <zoology> Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, especially. Those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allie ...
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    leech
    bloodsucker noun carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
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    leech
    parasite noun a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
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    leech
    phlebotomize verb draw blood; `In the old days, doctors routinely bled patients as part of the treatment`
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    Leech
    `Leeches` are annelids comprising the subclass `Hirudinea`. There are fresh water, terrestrial and marine leeches. Like their near relatives, the Oligochaeta, they share the presence of a clitellum. Like earthworms, leeches are hermaphrodites. The medicinal leech, `Hirudo medicinalis`, which is native to Europe, and its congeners have been used for clinical bloodletting for thousands of years. All leech species are carnivorous. Some are predator...
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    leech
    (lēch) any of the annelids of the class Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis; some species are bloodsuckers. Leeches were used extensively to treat various disorders and are still used occasionally to reduce postsurgical venous congestion, as in tissue flaps, grafts, or transplants.
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    Leech
    • (n.) See 2d Leach. • (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species. • (n.) A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing. • (v. t.) To bleed by the use of leeche...
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    leech
    any of about 650 species of segmented, or annelid, worms. A small sucker, which contains the mouth, is at the anterior end; a large sucker is at the ... [11 related articles]
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    Leech
    the back edge of a sail
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    Leech
    The aft edge of a triangular sail.
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    leech
    leech, predacious or parasitic annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, characterized by a cylindrical or slightly flattened body with suckers at either end for attaching to prey. The leech, like other annelids, is segmented, but its numerous surface folds obscure the internal segments. In many forms th...
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