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Definition: CLEPSINE

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Noun 1. A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Clepsine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: CLEPSINE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "CLEPSINE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)