Usually means: Resembling or characteristic of a leech.
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  1. leechlike: Merriam-Webster
  2. leechlike: Collins English Dictionary
  3. leechlike: Vocabulary.com
  4. leechlike: Wiktionary
  5. leechlike: Dictionary.com
  6. leechlike: Rhymezone
  7. leechlike: FreeDictionary.org
  8. leechlike: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. leechlike: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. leechlike: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. leechlike: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (leechlike)

▸ adjective:  Resembling or characteristic of a leech, especially in being clinging or parasitic.

Similar:
bloodsucking, parasitical, dependent, parasitelike, leeklike, leeky, leprosylike, barnaclelike, louselike, lichenlike, more...

Opposite:
beneficial, symbiotic, helpful, supportive

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Similar:
bloodsucking, parasitical, dependent, parasitelike, leeklike, leeky, leprosylike, barnaclelike, louselike, lichenlike, more...

Opposite:
beneficial, symbiotic, helpful, supportive



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