Hirudo

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hirudo \Hi*ru"do\, n. [L., a leech.] (Zool.)
     A genus of leeches, including the common medicinal leech. See
     {Leech}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Hirudo
       n : type genus of the family Hirudinidae [syn: {genus Hirudo}]