[a. Fr. branchellion, shortened by Savigny from the earlier branchiobdellion lit. ‘a leech having gills’; cf. BRANCHIO- and Gr. βδέλλα leech.] A species of Annelid, a leech which attacks fishes and tortoises.

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1847.  in Craig.

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1876.  Beneden, Anim. Parasites, 113.

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