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Leech

Leeches

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Annelida
Class:	Clitellata[?]
Subclass[?]:	Hirudinea

Orders

Arhynchobdellida[?]
Rhynchobdellida[?]

A leech is a aquatic parasitic organism that sucks blood from animals to eat. It has a long history of use in medicine although today its use is mainly limited to limb reattachment procedures instead of the wide-ranging medical use of the past. Leeches were once so commonly used that doctors were popularly called leeches.

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