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Haemopis

noun

leeches

• Syn: ↑genus Haemopis

• Hypernyms: ↑worm genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hirudinidae, ↑family Hirudinidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑horseleech

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\\hēˈmäpə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hem- + -opis

: a genus of large aquatic leeches (family Hirudinidae) that have few teeth or none and feed chiefly on small aquatic invertebrates

Useful english dictionary. 2012.