noun
hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids
• Syn: ↑class Hirudinea
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Annelida, ↑phylum Annelida
• Member Meronyms: ↑leech, ↑bloodsucker, ↑hirudinean, ↑Hirudinidae, ↑family Hirudinidae
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/hir'oo din"ee euh/, n.
the class comprising the leeches.
[ NL; see HIRUDINEAN]
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Hirudinea /-inˈi-ə/ plural noun
A class of worms, the leeches
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Main Entry: ↑hirudin
Useful english dictionary. 2012.