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Meaning of leech

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  leech
      n 1: carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms
           typically having a sucker at each end [syn: {leech},
           {bloodsucker}, {hirudinean}]
      2: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the
         host) in hope of gain or advantage [syn: {leech}, {parasite},
         {sponge}, {sponger}]
      v 1: draw blood; "In the old days, doctors routinely bled
           patients as part of the treatment" [syn: {bleed}, {leech},
           {phlebotomize}, {phlebotomise}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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