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Kōrero: Earthworms

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Leech

The Hirudinea class of worms are predaceous (bloodsucking) leeches. This is the front end of a leech, showing the proboscis (feeding and sucking tube) and front body segments.

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Gregor Yeates, Earthworms – What are earthworms?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15486/leech (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gregor Yeates, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.