Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun medicinal_leech

1 sense of medicinal leech

Sense 1
medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis -- (large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting)
       => leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean -- (carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end)