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Hirudinea (subclass) (Clitellata (class), Annelida (phylum), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Members of a subclass containing around 650 species of segmented worms characterized by a small sucker, which contains the mouth at the anterior end of the body and a large sucker located at the posterior end, having a flattened body, and being aquatic or living on moist soil. A few species have been used by humans in clinical bloodletting for thousands of years. |
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Hirudinea (subclass) (preferred,C,U,S,English-P,D,U,N)
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Hirudinea (subclass) (Latin-P,D,U,N)
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leeches (C,U,LC,C,English,AD,U,N)
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leech (C,U,English,AD,U,N)
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hirudi (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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蛭亞綱 (亞綱) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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蛭綱 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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zhì yǎ gāng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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zhi ya gang (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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chih ya kang (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: H.HL |
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........ living organisms (entities) (G) |
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............ Eukaryota (domain) (G) |
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............................ Hirudinea (subclass) (G) |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 約有六百五十種環節蠕蟲的亞綱成員,特徵為前後端各有一吸盤,前端為較小的口吸盤,後端則為大吸盤,體扁平,多為水生或居住於潮濕土壤中。可少數物種數千年以來被應用於臨床的放血療法。 |
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