The village healer offered a leechdom made from willow bark to ease his fever.

The veterinarian carefully removed the turtle leeches from the injured sea turtle's shell.

The damp, leechy marsh clung to our boots and spirits during the long, dreary trek.

The leechiness of his business tactics eventually drove away loyal customers.

The village elders warned travelers to avoid the marsh, saying it was infested with land-leeches.

During our hike through the rainforest, we were startled when a land-leech latched onto my boot.

The fishermen recoiled when they discovered water-leeches clinging to the river weeds.

The biologist carefully observed a water-leech clinging to the underside of the pond plant.

A turtle leech clung to the underside of the pond turtle, slowly feeding through the softer margins of its shell.

She consulted the ancient leechbook when no modern remedy worked.