Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sangsue; a leech; a member of the old genus Sanguisuga.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A bloodsucker, or leech.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A leech (blood-sucking annelid).

Etymologies

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Latin sanguisuga; sanguis blood + sugere to suck.

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