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单词 hirudinal
释义 hirudinal, a. Obs.|hɪˈruːdɪnəl|
[f. L. hirūdo, hirūdin-em leech + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to a leech. So hiˈrudinid, a member of the Hirudinidæ or Leech family. hiruˈdinean, a member of the Hirudinea or order of annelids containing the leeches. hiˌrudiniˈculture, the artificial propagation of leeches. hiˈrudinous a., leech-like, blood-sucking (fig.).
1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋192 Exhausted by..hirudinall blood-suckings.1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. ii. 181 Such an hirudinous and exacting Lady as Dulcinea.1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. I. xii. 334 His fourth Order [of Invertebrate Animals] he names Hirudineans.1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. iv. 147 Hirudiniculture has for some years been an important branch of commerce.1865Reader 30 Sept. 368/1 Pisciculture, hirudi[ni]culture, pearlculture.
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