Haemopis

noun

Hae·​mop·​is

hēˈmäpə̇s

: a genus of large aquatic leeches (family Hirudinidae) that have few teeth or none and feed chiefly on small aquatic invertebrates

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hem- + -opis

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