Hirudo

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Hirudo
    n 1: type genus of the family Hirudinidae [syn: {Hirudo}, {genus
         Hirudo}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hirudo \Hi*ru"do\, n. [L., a leech.] (Zool.)
   A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See
   {Leech}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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