bloodworm
Americannoun
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any of several red or red-blooded annelid worms, especially various earthworms.
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the freshwater larva of midges.
noun
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the red wormlike aquatic larva of the midge, Chironomus plumosus , which lives at the bottom of stagnant pools and ditches
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a freshwater oligochaete tubifex worm
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any of several small reddish worms used as angling bait
Etymology
Origin of bloodworm
Example Sentences
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The photo shows a swimming annelid known as a bloodworm.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The bloodworm has a tubular body that tapers at each end.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Last season's menagerie ranged from an 8-ft.-tall bloodworm with carnivorous tastes to a woman who turned into a gigantic honeybee and flew off with her reluctant lover.
From Time Magazine Archive
Salt water worms are of two principal varieties, the smooth-sided bloodworm, which stings, and the fringed sandworm, which pinches.
From Time Magazine Archive
To catch bait, I use a two-hook bottom rig sweetened with a slice of squid, a chunk of bloodworm or a sliver of Fish Bites.
From Time Magazine Archive
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