hirudinean

hirudinean

(ˌhɪruːˈdɪnɪən) n (Animals) obsolete any worm or leech belonging to the Hirudinidae family of annelids

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hirudinean - carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each endbloodsucker, leechannelid, annelid worm, segmented worm - worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externallyclass Hirudinea, Hirudinea - hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelidsHirudo medicinalis, medicinal leech - large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodlettinghorseleech - any of several large freshwater leeches