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Leech

Leeches are segmented parasitic or predatory worms that comprise the subclass Hirudinea within the phylum Annelida. They are closely related to the oligochaetes, which include the earthworm, and like them have soft, muscular segmented bodies that can lengthen and contract. Both groups are hermaphrodites and have a clitellum, but leeches typically differ…

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Leech

Nodes170
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Triples133
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011765
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related to Evolution · 20
Leech → As, Brandon Bridge Formation, Burgess Shale, Cambrian, Cycloneuralia, De Carle, In, Late Carboniferous, Later, Macromyzon, New Mexico, Oligochaetes, Panderodus, Permian, Silurian, Telychian, The, Virgilian, Waukesha Lagerstätte, Wisconsin
related to Diversity and phylogeny · 16
Leech → Amazonian, Among, Among Euhirudinea, Antarctica, Erpobdelliformes, Glossiphoniidae, Haemadipsidae, Haementeria, Hirudinidae, Illinois, In, Leeches, Not, Piscicolidae, Some, The
related to Medical use · 14
Leech → Ayurvedic, BC, Bloodletting, Elder, Greece, Hippocratic Corpus, Hirudo, In, In Old English, India, Natural History, Pliny, Rome, The
related to Anatomy and physiology · 13
Leech → Acanthobdella, All, Diurodrilus, Echiura, In, Leeches, Like, Longitudinal, Most, Of, Sipuncula, The, Typically
related to Movement · 10
Leech → Chtonobdella, Erpobdellidae, Glossiphoniidae, Leeches, Stories, The, The Hirudinidae, Then, They, Video
related to Feeding and digestion · 8
Leech → About, Arhynchobdellids, Behind, In, It, Leeches, The, Y-shaped
related to Nervous system · 8
Leech → Each, In, Leeches, Several, Some, The, Their, There
related to External links · 6
Leech → Hirudinea, Media, Wikimedia Commons Data, Wikispecies The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Reproduction and development · 6
Leech → Arhynchobdellida, In, Leeches, Rhynchobdellida, Some, The
related to Bites · 5
Leech → An, Bacteria, Internal, Nevertheless, Symptoms

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leeches species blood body used host one freshwater found marine use anterior terrestrial annelids hirudin eggs small cocoon hirudinea feed

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Leechis asegmented animal0.90text
epicondylitisinstance ofleeches find medical use in treatment of joint diseases0.80text
osteoarthritisinstance ofleeches find medical use in treatment of joint diseases0.80text
extremity vein diseasesinstance ofleeches find medical use in treatment of joint diseases0.80text
and in microsurgeryinstance ofleeches find medical use in treatment of joint diseases0.80text
while hirudin is used as an anticoagulant drug to treat blood-clotting disorders.The leech appears in the biblical Book of Proverbs as an archetype of insatiable greedinstance ofleeches find medical use in treatment of joint diseases0.80text
turtlesinstance ofdorso-ventrally flattened animals mostly parasitic on vertebrates0.80text
and unique among annelids in both brooding their eggsinstance ofdorso-ventrally flattened animals mostly parasitic on vertebrates0.80text
carrying their young on the underside of their bodies.The terrestrial Haemadipsidae are mostly native to the tropicsinstance ofdorso-ventrally flattened animals mostly parasitic on vertebrates0.80text
subtropicsinstance ofdorso-ventrally flattened animals mostly parasitic on vertebrates0.80text
while the aquatic Hirudinidae have a wider global rangeinstance ofdorso-ventrally flattened animals mostly parasitic on vertebrates0.80text
snailsinstance ofPredatory leeches feed on small invertebrates0.80text

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