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leech — ► NOUN 1) a parasitic or predatory worm with suckers at both ends, formerly used in medicine for bloodletting. 2) a person who extorts profit from or lives off others. ► VERB (leech on/off) ▪ habitually exploit or rely on. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
Leech (comics) — Infobox comics character character name=Leech imagesize=250 converted=y caption=Art by Jim Muniz real name=Simon LeeFact|date=March 2008, Jimmy in the film species=Human Mutant publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Uncanny X Men #179 (Mar 1984) creators … Wikipedia
leech — leech1 noun 1》 a parasitic or predatory annelid worm with suckers at both ends, examples of which were formerly used in medicine for bloodletting. [Hirudo medicinalis (medicinal leech) and other species, class Hirudinea.] 2》 a person who extorts… … English new terms dictionary
Leech — /leech/, n. Margaret, 1893 1974, U.S. historian, novelist, and biographer. * * * Any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea (about 300 known species), with a small sucker containing the mouth at the front end and a large sucker at the back end.… … Universalium
Leech — Leech, n. [OE. leche, l[ae]che, physician, AS. l[=ae]ce; akin to Fries. l[=e]tza, OHG. l[=a]hh[=i], Icel. l[ae]knari, Sw. l[ a]kare, Dan. l[ae]ge, Goth. l[=e]keis, AS. l[=a]cnian to heal, Sw. l[ a]ka, Dan. l[ae]ge, Icel. l[ae]kna, Goth. l[=e]kin[ … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Leech — Taxobox image width = 220px image caption = A leech in China regnum = Animalia subregnum = Eumetazoa superphylum = Lophotrochozoa phylum = Annelida classis = Clitellata subclassis = Hirudinea subclassis authority = Lamarck, 1818 subdivision ranks … Wikipedia
leech — leech1 leechlike, adj. /leech/, n. 1. any bloodsucking or carnivorous aquatic or terrestrial worm of the class Hirudinea, certain freshwater species of which were formerly much used in medicine for bloodletting. 2. a person who clings to another… … Universalium
Leech Lake Indian Reservation — The Leech Lake Indian Reservation or Gaa zagaskwaajimekaag in the Ojibwe language, is located in the north central Minnesota counties of Beltrami, Cass, Hubbard, and Itasca. It is the land base for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. As of the 2000… … Wikipedia
Leech Lake Indian Reservation — 47°21′19″N 94°15′25″O / 47.35528, 94.25694 … Wikipédia en Français
leech — [[t]li͟ːtʃ[/t]] leeches 1) N COUNT A leech is a small animal which looks like a worm and lives in water. Leeches feed by attaching themselves to other animals and sucking their blood. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a leech,… … English dictionary
