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1. Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
   - bloodsucker, hirudinean
    
2. A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
   - parasite, sponge, sponger

1. Draw blood
   "In the old days, doctors routinely leeched patients as part of the treatment"
   - bleed, phlebotomize, phlebotomise [Brit]

Sounds like: leach

Derived forms: leeching, leeches, leeched

Type of: annelid, annelid worm, care for, follower, segmented worm, treat

Part of: class Hirudinea, Hirudinea

Encyclopedia: Leech