horse-leech
短语马蛭
词形变化
horse-leeches
复数
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A type of sucking worm, Haemopis sanguisuga, larger than the common leech.
马蛭
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2.
A veterinarian for horses.
废旧
词汇关系
上位词 3
词源
From Middle English horseleche, horse leche (“horse doctor; bloodsucker, leech”), equivalent to horse + leech. The worm is so called because it commonly attacks the membrane that lines the inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals, such as horses, that drink at pools where it lives.
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