angleworm
- noun
- /ˈæŋɡəlˌwɜrm/
- US
:
lombriz de tierra
- Anglers often use angleworms as bait to catch fish in the river.
Examples
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There were the potato bug families, the angleworms, the grasshoppers, the cabbage worms, old Daddy Longlegs and his grandchildren, the lightning bugs, and all the rest.
Fiction book (1999) -
- She has the brains of an angleworm.
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To me, Miss Ronley has the sex appeal of an angleworm.
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Even the birds and angleworms won't be able to leave.
Fiction book (1993) -
"I do not know the axioms and fables tell "faith was a bloodstain where a hero fell "or was it a jungle where two children trod looking for violets, angleworms, and God?"
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I keep my angleworms in a container with moist soil to keep them alive.
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The kid's fishing rod was ready, and he had a bucket full of angleworms for the day.
Synonyms
299
1.0
A small soft animal without legs that lives in soil or water
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1.3
A small long worm that lives in soil and helps make soil healthy
4
5.4
A small worm that lives in soil and is often used as bait for fish
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7.0
A large earthworm that comes out at night and people use for bait
1
7.2
A small worm that lives in soil and is used for fishing bait
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2.1
A small red earthworm that lives in soil, helps make soil better, and people use it as fishing bait
A worm, often an earthworm, used to catch fish
A worm that people use as bait to catch fish
A large earthworm that comes out at night or when the ground is wet and people use for fishing
A large worm used for fish bait that comes out at night
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word angleworm comes from the parts angle and worm, where angle was an old word for a fishing 'hook' or the act 'to fish' and worm is the bait. So, an angleworm is a worm used as bait by people who fish.