| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A large blood-sucking leech (Haemopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.[Websters]
2. A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.[Websters]. | |
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Date "HORSE-LEECH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: HORSE-LEECH
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| Bible | Horse-leech occurs only in Prov. 30:15 (Heb. 'alukah); the generic name for any blood-sucking annelid. There are various species in the marshes and pools of Palestine. That here referred to, the Hoemopis, is remarkable for the coarseness of its bite, and is therefore not used for medical purposes. They are spoken of in the East with feelings of aversion and horror, because of their propensity to fasten on the tongue and nostrils of horses when they come to drink out of the pools. The medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis), besides other species of leeches, are common in the waters of Syria. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | ||
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