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## The leech has two daughters ##
This is an example of something that always wants more. AT: "Greed has two daughters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
## leech ##
a type of worm that attaches itself to the skin and sucks blood
## There are three things that are never satisfied, ##
This use of the numbers 'three' and 'four' together here is likely a poetic device. AT: "There are four things that are never satisfied, who never say, "Enough""
## never satisfied ##
AT: "always want more" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
## scorns obedience ##
"despises to obey"
## ravens ##
large, shiny, black birds that eat plants and dead animals
## vultures ##
any one of several large birds that eat dead animals and have small, featherless heads