n.蛭類;水蛭;螞蟥
名詞leech的復數形式.
Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, using leeches for medical reasons was very popular. 中世紀歐洲的醫(yī)生用水蛭治療他們的病人。
With the new fossil, researchers can now identify the animals as part of the annelid worm family, which also includes modern sea mice, earthworms and leeches. 因為這個新的化石,研究人員現在可以鑒別出該動物屬于環(huán)節(jié)蟲屬,這類動物中包括現代的海毛蟲,蚯蚓和水蛭。