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  2. Leech - Wikipedia

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    Haemadipsa zeylanica, a terrestrial leech Placobdelloides siamensis, a parasite of turtles in Thailand.The ventral face (right) shows many young leeches. [3]Some 680 species of leech have been described, of which around 100 are marine, 480 freshwater and the remainder terrestrial.

  3. Leaching - Wikipedia

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    Leaching is the loss or extraction of certain materials from a carrier into a liquid (usually, but not always a solvent), and may refer to: . Leaching (agriculture), the loss of water-soluble plant nutrients from the soil; or applying a small amount of excess irrigation to avoid soil salinity

  4. Leaching (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    Biological substances can experience leaching themselves, [2] as well as be used for leaching as part of the solvent substance to recover heavy metals. [6] Many plants experience leaching of phenolics, carbohydrates, and amino acids, and can experience as much as 30% mass loss from leaching, [5] just from sources of water such as rain, dew, mist, and fog. [2]

  5. Leachate - Wikipedia

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    A leachate evaporation pond in a landfill site located in Cancún, Mexico. A leachate is any liquid that, in the course of passing through matter, extracts soluble or suspended solids, or any other component of the material through which it has passed.

  6. Leech (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    "Leech" (song), a 2008 song by the Gazette "Leech", a song by Bullet for My Valentine from their album Temper Temper "Leech", a song by The Haunted from their album Made Me Do It

  7. Leaching (metallurgy) - Wikipedia

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    A good example of the autoclave leach process can also be found in the metallurgy of zinc. It is best described by the following chemical reaction: [citation needed] 2 ZnS + O 2 + 2 H 2 SO 4 → 2 ZnSO 4 + 2 H 2 O + 2 S. This reaction proceeds at temperatures above the boiling point of water, thus creating a vapour pressure inside the vessel.

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  9. Hirudo medicinalis - Wikipedia

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    Hirudo medicinalis, or the European medicinal leech, is one of several species of leeches used as medicinal leeches.. Other species of Hirudo sometimes also used as medicinal leeches include H. orientalis, H. troctina, and H. verbana.