sanguisuge

noun

1. A leech (blood-sucking annelid).

   obsolete, rare

   And mighty sanguisuge, The Pope that is so huge, Is ever ther refuge;

   For that blody judge

Where it comes from

From Middle English sanguisuge, from Latin sanguisuga, from sanguis (“blood”) + sugere (“to suck”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sanguisuge (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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