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Definition of Genus hirudo

1. Noun. Type genus of the family Hirudinidae.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hirudo

Literary usage of Genus hirudo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1824)
"Monograph of the genus hirudo, or a Descripti<< Leeches which are found or are used in Piedmont, i their mode of Generation, and on other points conn ..."

2. The Edinburgh Journal of Science by David Brewster (1824)
"Monograph of the genus hirudo, or a Description of the Species of Leeches which are found or are used in Piedmont, with Observations on their mode of ..."

3. The Journal of Foreign Medical Science and Literature edited by Samuel Emlen (1818)
"The natural history of the genus hirudo is confused. Some animals are often called leeches, which are not really so nor admitted as such by eminent ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1835)
"In the Turin Memoirs for 1820*, Professor Ca- rena has published a complete monograph of the genus Hirudo, in which, notwithstanding the labours of Savigny, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1868)
"In the genus Hirudo, as characterized by Diesing, (Syst. Helm, i, 465), and to which he assigns 9 recognized species, the jaws are furnished with from 60 to ..."

6. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1833)
"The animals named in the title of this paper differ so considerably from the Leech, as to induce the author to remove them from the genus Hirudo, ..."

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