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horse⋅leech

  [hawrs-leech]
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–noun
a large leech, as Haemopis marmoratis, that infests the mouth and nasal passages of horses.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME horsleych. See horse, leech
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horse·leech   (hôrs'lēch')   
n.  Any of several large leeches of the genus Haemopis.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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