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survive within a
leech for months, so
leeches could potentially act as
vectors of pathogens. Nevertheless, only a few
cases of
leeches transmitting pathogens...
- Look up
leeching in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Leeching may
refer to:
Leeching (medical), also
called Hirudotherapy, the use of
leeches for bloodletting...
- lake, a
couple of the
members pick up some
leeches,
which feed on the
steroids in
their blood. The
leeches end up
washed down a
shower drain,
where they...
- Look up
leech in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Leeches are
segmented parasitic or
predatory Annelid worms.
Leech may also
refer to: The
Leech (1921 film)...
- Europe.
Leeches were used in
bloodletting but were not easy for
medical practitioners to obtain. The
collector would sometimes gather the
leeches by attracting...
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medicinal leech, is one of
several species of
leeches used as
medicinal leeches.
Other species of
Hirudo sometimes also used as
medicinal leeches include...
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Attack of the
Giant Leeches (originally to be
called The
Giant Leeches) is an
independently made, 1959 black-and-white
science fiction-horror film, produced...
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Samuel Leech (c. 1798–1848) was a
young sailor in the
Royal Navy and the
United States Navy
during the War of 1812. He
became notable as one of very few...
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crustaceans act as
vehicles for
cocoon deposition and dispersion. The
leeches lay
their egg
cocoons on the
carapace of the crustaceans,
sometimes in...
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Turtle leeches are a genus, Ozobranchus, of
leeches (Hirudinea) that feed
exclusively on the
blood of turtles. Only two species—Ozobranchus
margoi and...
