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Hirudo

[ hĭ-rōō′dō ]

n.

A genus of leeches that includes the species most commonly used in medicine.

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seclusion

a false belief or opinion.

the matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid.

the state of being isolated, kept apart, or withdrawn into solitude.

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Example sentences from the Web for Hirudo

In Hirudo, Leuckart has described three similar pairs of organs, the structure of which he has fully elucidated.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
They may either be provided with a peritoneal funnel (Nephelis, Clepsine) or have no internal opening (Hirudo).
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
In Hirudo the posterior sacculation of the stomach is primitively unpaired.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour
They were well known to the ancients under the name of hirudo.
Curiosities of Medical Experience|J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

In Hirudo and Nephelis the mesenteron has from the first a sack-like form.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)|Francis Maitland Balfour

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