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horseleech
[ hawrs-leech ]
noun
- a large leech, as Haemopis marmoratis, that infests the mouth and nasal passages of horses.
horseleech
/ ˈhɔːsˌliːtʃ /
noun
- any of several large carnivorous freshwater leeches of the genus Haemopis, esp H. sanguisuga
- an archaic name for a veterinary surgeon
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Word History and Origins
Origin of horseleech1
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Example Sentences
The door of the caf was guarded by two young and unbeautiful descendants of the horseleech's daughters.
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Morales had, however, made his horseleech nature tolerably plain already, and Appleby decided to stand firm.
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Horseleech, to be candid, far from being a clever fellow, is one of the most barren rascals on record.
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Here is expressed the extremity of necessitous extortions, figured in the ancient fable of the full and the hungry horseleech.
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She is become the horseleech's daughter and my mill doesn't grind fast enough to suit her.
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