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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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leeches species blood body used host one freshwater found marine use anterior terrestrial annelids hirudin eggs small cocoon hirudinea feed
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leech | is a | segmented animal | 0.90 | text |
| epicondylitis | instance of | leeches find medical use in treatment of joint diseases | 0.80 | text |
| osteoarthritis | instance of | leeches find medical use in treatment of joint diseases | 0.80 | text |
| extremity vein diseases | instance of | leeches find medical use in treatment of joint diseases | 0.80 | text |
| and in microsurgery | instance of | leeches find medical use in treatment of joint diseases | 0.80 | text |
| 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 greed | instance of | leeches find medical use in treatment of joint diseases | 0.80 | text |
| turtles | instance of | dorso-ventrally flattened animals mostly parasitic on vertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| and unique among annelids in both brooding their eggs | instance of | dorso-ventrally flattened animals mostly parasitic on vertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| carrying their young on the underside of their bodies.The terrestrial Haemadipsidae are mostly native to the tropics | instance of | dorso-ventrally flattened animals mostly parasitic on vertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| subtropics | instance of | dorso-ventrally flattened animals mostly parasitic on vertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| while the aquatic Hirudinidae have a wider global range | instance of | dorso-ventrally flattened animals mostly parasitic on vertebrates | 0.80 | text |
| snails | instance of | Predatory leeches feed on small invertebrates | 0.80 | text |
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