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leech

(l/i//tS/ )

carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end(noun.animal)

Synonym:
bloodsucker, hirudinean

source: wordnet30
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage(noun.person)

Synonym:
parasite, sponge, sponger

source: wordnet30
See 2d Leach.(noun)

source: webster1913
The border or edge at the side of a sail.(noun)

source: webster1913
A physician or surgeon; a professor of the art of healing.(noun)

source: webster1913

draw blood(verb.body)

Synonym:
bleed, phlebotomise, phlebotomize

source: wordnet30
See Leach, v. t.(verb)

source: webster1913
To treat as a surgeon; to doctor; as, to leech wounds.(verb)

source: webster1913

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