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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