Gnathobdellae
Gnathobdellae
[¦nā‚thäb′del·ē] (invertebrate zoology)
A suborder of leeches in the order Arhynchobdellae having jaws and a conspicuous posterior sucker; it contains most of the important blood-sucking leeches of humans and other warm-blooded animals.
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