- Haemopsis vorax
- Horse-leech Horse"-leech`, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A large blood-sucking leech ({H[ae]mopsis
vorax}), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the
lips and mouths of horses.
[1913 Webster]
2. A farrier; a veterinary surgeon. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.