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hirudinal

hirudinal adjective: of or pertaining to leeches.

Adjective

hirudinal (comparative more hirudinal, superlative most hirudinal)

  1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to leeches

Forms of hirudinal

comparativemore hirudinal
superlativemost hirudinal

Origin of hirudinal

From hirudin + -al. By surface analysis, Latin hirūdo (“leech”) + -in + -al.

Questions about hirudinal

What does hirudinal mean?
Hirudinal means of or pertaining to leeches.
What part of speech is hirudinal?
Hirudinal is an adjective.

Words near hirudinal in the dictionary

  1. Hirtles
  2. hirtose
  3. Hirtshals
  4. Hirubadhoo
  5. hirudin
  6. hirudinal
  7. hirudine
  8. hirudinean
  9. hirudineans
  10. hirudiniasis
  11. hirudiniculture

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