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hirudo

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Main Entry: Hi·ru·do
Pronunciation: hi-'rü-(")dO
Function: noun
: a genus of leeches that is the type of the family Hirudinidae andincludes the common medicinal leech (H. medicinalis)
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Hirudo Hi·ru·do (hĭ-r&oomacr;'dō)
n.
A genus of leeches that includes the species most commonly used in medicine.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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