Etymology

hirudine

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Today it means: Of or relating to the leeches. Full definition →

Latin hirūdō
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  1. Latin · derived fromhirūdō“leech”
  2. English todayhirudine

From Latin hirūdō (“leech”) + -ine.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.