Associations to the word «Hirudo»

Wiktionary

HIRUDO, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Hirudinidae   — principally one species of leech used for medical purposes.

Dictionary definition

HIRUDO, noun. Type genus of the family Hirudinidae.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King