Horse-leech n.
 1. Zool. A large blood-sucking leech (Hæmopsis vorax), of Europe and Northern Africa. It attacks the lips and mouths of horses.
 2. A farrier; a veterinary surgeon.

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 horseleech
      n : any of several large freshwater leeches


 Horse-leech
    occurs only in Prov. 30:15 (Heb. 'alukah); the generic name for
    any blood-sucking annelid. There are various species in the
    marshes and pools of Palestine. That here referred to, the
    Hoemopis, is remarkable for the coarseness of its bite, and is
    therefore not used for medical purposes. They are spoken of in
    the East with feelings of aversion and horror, because of their
    propensity to fasten on the tongue and nostrils of horses when
    they come to drink out of the pools. The medicinal leech (Hirudo
    medicinalis), besides other species of leeches, are common in
    the waters of Syria.