Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sangsue; a leech; a member of the old genus Sanguisuga.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A bloodsucker, or leech.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
leech (blood-suckingannelid ).
Etymologies
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Latin sanguisuga; sanguis blood + sugere to suck.
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