sanguisuga

Sanguisuga

(sang'gwi-sū'gă), Former name for Hirudo. [L. a leech, fr. sanguis, blood, + sugo, pp. suctus, to suck]

sanguisuga

S01-833560 (sang-gwi-su'ga) [? + sugere, to suck] A leech or bloodsucker. See: Hirudo