HIRUDO

Meaning of HIRUDO in English

( n. )

A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

HIRUDO — hə̇ˈrü(ˌ)dō noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, leech : a genus (the type of the family Hirudinidae) of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRUDO — (n.) A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See Leech.
Английский словарь Webster
HIRUDO — noun a genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. ·see leech.
Webster English vocab
HIRUDO MEDICINALIS MEDICINALIS — leech
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
MEDICINAL LEECH — noun Date: 1804 a large European freshwater leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ) that is a source of hirudin, is sometimes …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LEECH — Any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea (about 300 known species), with a small sucker containing the mouth at the …
Английский словарь Британика
MEDICINAL LEECH — noun : a large European freshwater gnathobdellid leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ) formerly much used by physicians for bleeding patients
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRUDINIDAE — ˌhir(y)əˈdinəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hirudin-, Hirudo, type genus + -idae : a family of aquatic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRUDINIASIS — ˌhir(y)ədə̇ˈnīəsə̇s, hə̇ˌrüd ə nˈī- noun ( plural hirudinia·ses -īəˌsēz) Etymology: New Latin, from Hirudin-, Hirudo + -iasis : infestation with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRUDINEI — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdinēˌī Etymology: New Latin, from Hirudin-, Hirudo synonym of hirudinea
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIRUDINEA — ˌhir(y)əˈdinēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Hirudin-, Hirudo : a class of hermaphroditic aquatic, terrestrial, or parasitic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEECH — (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those …
Английский словарь Webster
BLOODSUCKER — (n.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.
Английский словарь Webster
LEECH — ( n. ) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLOODSUCKER — ( n. ) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDICINAL LEECH — a bloodsucking leech, Hirudo medicinalis, of Europe, introduced into the northeastern U.S., usually green with brown stripes, up to 4 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIRUDINEAN — /hir'oo din"ee euhn/ , n. 1. any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, comprising the leeches. adj. 2. belonging or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDICINAL LEECH — Date: 1804 : a large European freshwater leech ( Hirudo medicinalis ) that is a source of hirudin, is sometimes …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEECH — noun ·see 2d leach. 2. leech ·vt ·see leach, ·vt. 3. leech ·vt to bleed by the use of leeches. …
Webster English vocab
BLOODSUCKER — noun one who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. 2. bloodsucker ·noun any animal …
Webster English vocab
LEECH — ~ 1 ■ noun 1》 a parasitic or predatory annelid worm with suckers at both ends, examples of which were …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MEDICINAL LEECH — [medicinal leech] n (ca. 1890): a large European freshwater leech (Hirudo medicinalis) formerly used by physicians for bleeding patients
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MEDICINAL LEECH — any of certain leech species, particularly Hirudo medicinalis, once used in the treatment of human diseases. See leech.
Britannica English vocabulary
LEECH — Head of the giant Amazon leech (Haementeria ghilianii). The retractable proboscis is used to (class Hirudinea) any of about 650 …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEECH — n. 1 any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Hirudinea with suckers at both ends, esp. Hirudo medicinalis, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEECH — n. 1 any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Hirudinea with suckers at both ends, esp. Hirudo medicinalis, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEECH — 1. n.1 any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Hirudinea with suckers at both ends, esp. Hirudo medicinalis, …
Oxford English vocab
LEECH — n. Any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea (about 300 known species), with a small sucker containing the mouth at …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LEECH — I 1. сущ. 1) пиявка to apply leeches to ≈ приставлять, прикладывать пиявки to stick like a leech ≈ пристать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEECH — _I 1. li:tʃ n 1. зоол. пиявка медицинская ( Hirudo medicinalis ) 2. кровопийца, вымогатель 3. арх. , шутл. врач, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEECH — I 1. [li:tʃ] n 1. зоол. пиявка медицинская ( Hirudo medicinalis ) 2. кровопийца, вымогатель 3. арх. , шутл. врач, …
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Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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