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horse⋅leech

[hawrs-leech]
–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.
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