• Leech
  Leech
  Leeches are segmented worms that belong to the phylum Annelida and comprise the subclass Hirudinea. Like other oligochaetes such as earthworms, leeches share a clitellum and are hermaphrodites. Nevertheless, they differ from other oligochaetes in significant ways...
  
  , common name for the annelids comprising the subclass Hirudinea
  • Leeching
    Leeching
    *In pre-scientific medicine, leeching was an alternative form of bloodletting in which "bad" blood would be removed via leeches instead of by bleeding...
    
    , a form of bloodletting in medieval and early-modern medicine which used leeches
• Leech, an old term for a doctor of medicine
• Leech, metaphorically, a person who exploitatively latches onto other people
• Leech (computing)
  Leech (computing)
  In computing and specifically Internet, a leech or leecher is one who benefits, usually deliberately, from others' information or effort but does not offer anything in return, or makes only token offerings in an attempt to avoid being called a leech...
  
  , in computing, someone who uses others' information or effort but does not provide any in return
• The aft edge of a sail, which is referred to as a leech in sailing
• Leech (comics)
  Leech (comics)
  Leech is a character in the Marvel Comics Universe.Leech made his first appearance in Uncanny X-Men as a Morlock, a group of mutants whose deformities force them to live in the sewers under Manhattan. He is usually depicted as being around 12 years old...
  
  , a fictional character in the X-Men
  X-Men
  The X-Men are a superhero team in the . They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1...
  
   universe.
• Leech lattice
  Leech lattice
  In mathematics, the Leech lattice is an even unimodular lattice Λ24 in 24-dimensional Euclidean space E24 found by .-History:Many of the cross-sections of the Leech lattice, including the Coxeter–Todd lattice and Barnes–Wall lattice, in 12 and 16 dimensions, were found much earlier than...
  
  , in mathematics, a lattice Λ in R²⁴, discovered by John Leech (mathematician)
  John Leech (mathematician)
  John Leech was a British mathematician working in number theory, geometry and combinatorial group theory. He is best known for his discovery of the Leech lattice in 1965. He also discovered Ta in 1957...
  
  
• Leech (He-Man), a character from He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
• Leeches
  Mucormycosis
  Zygomycosis is the broadest term to refer to infections caused by bread mold fungi of the zygomycota phylum. However, because zygomycota has been identified as polyphyletic, and is not included in modern fungal classification systems, the diseases that Zygomycosis can refer to are better called by...
  
  , an alternative name for pythiosis in horses
• The 12th episode of the first season
  Smallville (season 1)
  Season one of Smallville, an American television series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, began airing on October 16, 2001, on The WB television network. The series recounts the early adventures of Kryptonian Clark Kent as he adjusts to his developing superpowers in the fictional town of...
  
   of Smallville
• The Leech
  The Leech
  The Leech is a 1956 Egyptian drama film directed by Salah Abu Seif. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Shadia* Taheya Cariocca as Shafaat* Shukry Sarhan* Abdel Warith Assir* Seraj Munir* Ferdoos Mohammed as Mother...
  
  , a 1956 film
• Leech (Eve 6 song), a song by Eve 6

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• Allen Leech
  Allen Leech
  Allen Leech is an Irish stage, television and film actor, best known for his role as Marcus Agrippa in the 2007 HBO television series Rome, and his role as chauffeur Tom Branson in ITV 2010 television series Downton Abbey....
  
  
• Faith Leech
  Faith Leech
  Faith Yvonne Leech is a former Australian freestyle swimmer who won gold in the 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay and bronze in the 100 m freestyle at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.A tall and lean swimmer known for her elegant technique, Leech started swimming as a...
  
  
• Garry Leech
  Garry Leech
  Garry Leech is a British-born American independent journalist, author and editor of the online publication Colombia Journal, which analyzes U.S. foreign policy in Colombia...
  
  
• Geoffrey Leech
  Geoffrey Leech
  Geoffrey Leech was Professor of Linguistics and Modern English Language at Lancaster University from 1974 to 2002. He then became Research Professor in English Linguistics...
  
  
• Haliburton Hume Leech
  Haliburton Hume Leech
  Flight Lieutenant Haliburton Hume Leech was a Royal Air Force aviator, air racer and test pilot.Leech was born on 16 April 1908 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland the son of Joseph William Leech a surgeon and later mayor and member of parliament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne.Leech joined the Royal...
  
  
• James Russell Leech
  James Russell Leech
  James Russell Leech was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
  
  
• John Leech (disambiguation)
• Kenneth Leech
  Kenneth Leech
  Kenneth Leech is an Anglican priest and Christian socialist in the Anglo-Catholic tradition.Leech graduated with a BA degree in 1961 from the University of London and then went to Trinity College, Oxford. After theological studies at St Stephen's House, Oxford he was ordained to the priesthood in...
  
  
• Margaret Leech
  Margaret Leech
  Margaret Kernochan Leech also known as Margaret Pulitzer, was an American author and historian, who won two Pulitzer Prizes in history, for her books Reveille in Washington and In the Days of McKinley .She was born in Newburgh, New York, obtained a B.A...
  
  
• Samuel Leech
  Samuel Leech
  Samuel Leech was a young sailor in the Royal Navy and the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He became notable as one of very few who wrote an account of his experiences, titled, in the manner of the time, Thirty Years from Home, or a Voice from the Main Deck; Being the Experience of...
  
  
• Richard Leech
  Richard Leech
  Richard Leech , born Richard Leeper McClelland, was an accomplished actor.Richard Leeper McClelland was born in Dublin, Ireland, son of Isabella Frances and Herbert Saunderson McClelland, a lawyer. He was educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Dublin...
  
  
• Richard Leech (tenor)
  Richard Leech (tenor)
  Richard Leech is an American operatic tenor, recipient of the Richard Tucker Award in 1988, and particularly associated with lyric roles of the Italian and French repertories....
  
  
• Ryan Leech
  Ryan Leech
  Ryan Leech is a professional trials mountain bike rider. At age 14 he began racing cross-country mountain bikes, inspired by Team ORB. Leech began getting increasingly involved in trials riding throughout the mid 90's...
  
  

See also

• Leeching (disambiguation)
• Leach (disambiguation)
• Leaching (disambiguation)