עלוּקה ‛ălûqâh al-oo-kaw' Feminine passive participle of an unused root meaning to suck; the leechKJV Usage: horse-leech.
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew DefinitionsBDB6127 עלוּקה 1. leech Origin: pass part of an unused root meaning to suck TWOT: 1636a Parts of Speech: Noun Feminine