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Leech

See 2d Leach.

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Annelid 76% connected

Alt. of Annelidan

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Follower 76% connected

One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Bleed 92% connected

To emit blood; to lose blood; to run with blood, by whatever means; as, the arm bleeds; the wound bled freely; to bleed at the nose.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bloodsucker 92% connected

Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Parasite 92% connected

One who frequents the tables of the rich, or who lives at another's expense, and earns his welcome by flattery; a hanger-on; a toady; a sycophant.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Phlebotomize 92% connected

To let blood from by opening a vein; to bleed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sponge 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. See Illust. and Note under Spongiae.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sponger 92% connected

One who sponges, or uses a sponge.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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