| NOUN | animal | leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | leech, parasite, sponge, sponger | a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage | |
| VERB | body | leech, bleed, phlebotomize, phlebotomise | draw blood |
| Sounds | liy'ch | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | beach ... teach / Teach: 19 rhymes with iych... | |
| Meaning | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | bloodsucker, hirudinean | |
| Member of | Hirudinea, class Hirudinea | hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial or parasitic annelids |
| Narrower | horseleech | Any of several large freshwater leeches |
| medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis | large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting | |
| Broader | annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm | worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally |
| Spanish | hirudinea, hirudinean, hirudíneo, sanguijuela | |
| Catalan | hirudinean, hirudini, sangonera | |
| Verbs | leech | draw blood |
| Meaning | A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | parasite, sponge, sponger | |
| Broader | follower | A person who accepts the leadership / leadership of another |
| Spanish | esponja, estrujador, parásito, sanguijuela | |
| Catalan | paràsit, sangonella, sangonera | |
| Meaning | Draw blood. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | bleed, phlebotomize, phlebotomise | |
| Category | medicine, practice of medicine | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
| Broader | treat, care for | Provide treatment for |
| Spanish | aplicar sangüijuelas, extraer sangre, flebotomitzar, sangrar | |
| Catalan | flebotomitzar, sagnar | |
| Nouns | leech | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial / terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end |
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