English Explanatory Dictionary

sanguisuge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A leech (blood-sucking annelid).

Word forms

sanguisuge sanguisuges

Etymology

From Middle English sanguisuge, from Latin sanguisuga, from sanguis (“blood”) + sugere (“to suck”).

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