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Origin of hirudinean1
1825–35; < New Latin Hirudine ( a ) ( Latin hirūdin- (stem of hirūdō ) leech + -ea, neuter plural of -eus adj. suffix) + -an
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This is the hirudinean of which we have spoken above, which is allied transitionally to the trematoda.
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