Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various marine polychaete worms of the genus Glycera, having bright red bodies and often used for bait.
- noun Any of various freshwater larvae of certain midges that are red as a result of the high hemoglobin content of their blood.
- noun Any of various parasitic worms of the genus Strongylus that infect the intestinal systems of horses.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
blood worm .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a segmented marine worm with bright red body; often used for bait
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Examples
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Spot and stripers pounce right on the bloodworm fishbites, and they never go bad.
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Spot and stripers pounce right on the bloodworm fishbites, and they never go bad.
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The bloodworm flavor has proved to be the most effective, the others like clam and crab, not so much.
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The bloodworm flavor has proved to be the most effective, the others like clam and crab, not so much.
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Who would dare to suggest that we, the artists, sacrifice our power and passion just to get coinage from some bloodworm looking for a tax break?
Michael Gene Sullivan: My Speech to the Membership: 700 Billion What? 2008
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Rodek may be a passionless bloodworm, but he is still a Klingon.
A Good Day To Die Keith R.A. DeCandido 1999
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He ripped the cap off a bottle of beer and drank it, in order to gain courage to change his fly for a less sporting bloodworm.
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991
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He ripped the cap off a bottle of beer and drank it, in order to gain courage to change his fly for a less sporting bloodworm.
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1991
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And all through that agonizing time, the memory of his undoing had irritated him as a grain of sand might irritate a Tellarite bloodworm and churned up his digestive juices until they literally ate away at his insides.
Legacy Michael Jan Friedman 1990
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"It was the very best bloodworm stew," Metika smiled, "but even so-"
Trek to Madworld Goldin, Stephen 1978
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