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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Horse-leech

· Horse·-leech · IPA
01 n. A large blood-sucking leech (Hæmopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.
  1. 1.
    A large blood-sucking leech (Hæmopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.(Zool.)
  2. 2.
    A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.