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Hirudo

noun

type genus of the family Hirudinidae

• Syn: ↑genus Hirudo

• Hypernyms: ↑worm genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hirudinidae, ↑family Hirudinidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑medicinal leech, ↑Hirudo medicinalis

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\\hə̇ˈrü(ˌ)dō\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, leech

: a genus (the type of the family Hirudinidae) of the order Gnathobdellida that includes the common medicinal leech

Useful english dictionary. 2012.