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Significados de leech em inglês

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пиявки
português
hirudinae
espanhol
hirudíneos
catalão
sangoneres
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Subclass of worms.

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hirudinae
português
parasita
catalão
paràsit
espanhol
parásito

A follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage.

parasita
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Examples for "sponge"
Examples for "sponge"
1
Need a new iOS app to sponge up all your free time?
Wired
2
I've given you sponge and sonic baths every day... including this morning.
The Hyperion Cantos
3
The chloroform sponge had done its miraculous work and was set aside.
Funeral in Blue
4
Here is the sponge; I do not know where the gloves are.
The Mettle of the Pasture
5
Often times it suggested to buy a cleanser just for the sponge.
Ebony
1
Beekeepers Association president Ricki Leahy said the parasite was a growing problem.
Radio NZ
2
However, the host-parasite interactions responsible for initiating this response are poorly understood.
Pubmed
3
Quantifying parasite importation has therefore become a priority for national control programs.
Pubmed
4
Background: Many different intestinal parasite species can co-occur in the same population.
Pubmed
5
Perhaps one reason is to help warn us against impending parasite attack.
The Irish Times
1
I firmly believe in the European vision, but I reject sponger membership.
The Irish Times
2
The rammer and sponger lay by the side of the small field-piece.
The Junior Classics, Volume 8: Animal and Nature Stories
3
You will become a dependent in this house, a hanger-on, a sponger.
Love, the Fiddler
4
He was not a sponger, but a man working for his breakfast.
The Fourth Watch
5
Instead of consulting people of experience-ps ,ps ,ps-firstsponger that comes along.
The Nabob
português
sanguessuga
catalão
hirudini
espanhol
hirudinea

Carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end.

sanguessuga
catalão
sagnar
espanhol
extraer sangre

Draw blood.

sagnar
Uso de leech em inglês
1
The leech came and confirmed the fact.-Thehouse was closed and barred.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 12
2
The king hardening himself as the leech assumed a more lofty tone:
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction
3
And now all the evening he sucked the books like a leech.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend
4
I would try venesection; then cup, if necessary, or leech the temple.
Hard Cash
5
The leech farm makes a tidy profit shipping them to doctors worldwide.
Reuters
6
There was nothing better than getting the upper hand with a leech.
Darkness unleashed
7
He had thought Wagner was perfect but he was just a leech.
The Guardian
8
Now be keerful and not run afoul of the plaguey lye leech.
Tempest and Sunshine
9
The salivary complex of the leech Haementeria depressa produces potent anticoagulant components.
Pubmed
10
Crime is like a leech on the body, it will have blood.
Broken Bread, from an Evangelist's Wallet
11
The leech gave him a draught of medicated wine, mixed with water.
The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day
12
Go to your ephemerides, leech, and conjure the meaning out of that.
The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day
13
Amintas meanwhile has been cured of his wounds by a Druid leech.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II
14
There is no horse-leech that sticks so fast as your latter-day Philistine.
Framley Parsonage
15
One leech dropped suddenly off, bouncing to the ground at my feet.
Outlander
16
He is a notable leech, as many men have found ere now.
In the Days of Chivalry: A Tale of the Times of the Black Prince
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