hirudine

As adjectives the difference between hirundine and hirudine

is that hirundine is pertaining to a swallow while hirudine is (zoology) of or relating to the leeches.

As a noun hirundine

is a member of the swallow family.

As a noun terms

is .

As an adjective hirudine is

(zoology) of or relating to the leeches.

As a noun hirudin

is (medicine) a peptide, obtained from the salivary glands of leeches, that is used as an anticoagulant.

As an adjective hirudine is

(zoology) of or relating to the leeches.

As a noun leech

is an aquatic blood-sucking annelid of class hirudinea, especially or leech can be (archaic) a physician or leech can be (nautical) the vertical edge of a square sail.

As a verb leech

is to apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.

As an adjective hirudine is

(zoology) of or relating to the leeches.