leech
English Thesaurus
1. carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end (noun.animal)
hyponym | : | horseleech, |
definition | : | any of several large freshwater leeches (noun.animal) |
member meronym | : | class hirudinea, hirudinea, |
definition | : | hermaphroditic aquatic or terrestrial or parasitic annelids (noun.animal) |
2. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage (noun.person)
hypernym | : | follower, |
definition | : | a person who accepts the leadership of another (noun.person) |
3. draw blood (verb.body)
hypernym | : | care for, treat, |
definition | : | provide treatment for (verb.body) |
domain category | : | medicine, practice of medicine, |
definition | : | the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries (noun.act) |
4. carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end (noun.animal)
5. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage (noun.person)
6. draw blood (verb.body)
derivation | : | phlebotomy, venesection, |
definition | : | surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis (noun.act) |
derivation | : | bloodsucker, hirudinean, leech, |
definition | : | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end (noun.animal) |
7. carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end (noun.animal)
8. a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage (noun.person)
9. draw blood (verb.body)
derivation | : | phlebotomy, venesection, |
definition | : | surgical incision into a vein; used to treat hemochromatosis (noun.act) |
derivation | : | bloodsucker, hirudinean, leech, |
definition | : | carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end (noun.animal) |
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