Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or characteristic of the leeches.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the leeches.
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- adjective zoology Of or relating to the
leeches .
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sionnach commented on the word hirudine
resembling, or pertaining to, leeches. There is also a commercially available blood clotting factor called Hirudin, the name of which is obviously derived from this adjective.
February 14, 2007
sionnach commented on the word hirudine
see also bdelloid
November 5, 2007