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Noun: horseleech  'hors,leech
  1. Any of several large freshwater leeches
    "The horseleech was once used in bloodletting practices"

Derived forms: horseleeches

Type of: bloodsucker, hirudinean, leech

Part of: genus Haemopis, Haemopis

Encyclopedia: Horseleech