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Language: Old English
Origin: læce

leech

 noun
     
Related topics: Biology
leech [countable]
1HB a small soft creature that fixes itself to the skin of animals in order to drink their blood
2 someone who takes advantage of other people by taking their money, food etc:
The family began to see him as a leech.
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