1; Any parasitic
invertebrate, most often the common leech. May be used as an insult, comparing the target to a parasite.
2;
Congressman John Ratcliffe, Republican, or the 4th
Congressional District of Texas, commonly believed to have no balls or spine.
"
That right there? Ratcliffe. Fuckin'
bloodsuckers."
"Ratcliffe? You mean the guy with
no nuts, or like a tick?"
"You're a goddamned Ratcliffe is what you are."