sanguessuga

Signification (Anglais)

leech (aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class Hirudinea)

Concepts

sangsue

parasite

hirudina

hirudinea

leech

Hirudinea

éponge

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Synonymes

parasita

Hirudinea

hirudina

Traductions

leech

sanguisuga

Blutegel

sanguijuela

βδέλλα

bloedzuiger

sangonera

mignatta

Egel

bloodsucker

hirudo

medicinal leech

parassita

العلقيات

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˌsɐ̃.ɡiˈsu.ɡɐ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Learned borrowing from Latin sanguisūga (literally “bloodsucker”), from sanguis (“blood”) + sūgō (“suck”). Displaced inherited samessuga, still used dialectally in Portugal.