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Horse-leech
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Horse Leech, Haemopis sanguisuga, family: Haemopidae, location: Southern Germany, Torfgrube
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Comments: The Horse Leech, Haemopis sanguisuga
Horse-leech (Proverbs 30:15) — Both the medicinal leech and the horse-leech are frequently found in the streams, pools, and wells; they often attach themselves to the inside of the lips and nostrils of drinking animals, thereby causing them much pain.
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Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/h/horse-leech.html. 2024.
