bloodworm
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈblʌdˌwɜrm/
:
lombriz de sangre
- "We need a half pound of shrimp, a dozen bloodworms, and a pound of squid."
Examples
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To prepare for the fishing trip, they bought a dozen bloodworms from the local shop.
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Anglers often catch fish using bloodworm as bait.
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He cuts a bloodworm into segments on the flat top rail.
Fiction book (1993) -
- I've got the bloodworms.
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He was happy to gobble live bloodworms and dead ones.
Blog text (30) -
"Not much." "Need any shrimp, finger mullet, squid, bloodworms, chum... let me know."
Fiction book (1999) -
When the liver stirred, Arkady saw that it was actually a spreading mound of bloodworms.
Fiction book (1992) -
In addition to making wreaths and carving wood, Robert Tilden dug for clams and bloodworms.
Blog text (7) -
Sportfishermen in the bay have used sandworms, bloodworms, nemertean tapeworms, shrimp, and mummichogs for bait.
Academic text (1990) -
♪ Just that still sort of quiet ♪ ♪ Like the sound Of a page being turned In a book ♪ ♪ Or a pause in a walk in the woods ♪ ♪ Quiet ♪ ♪ Like silence but not really silent ♪ ♪ Just that nice kind of quiet ♪ ♪ Like the sound When you lie upside down in your bed ♪ ♪ Just the sound of your heart In your head ♪ ♪ And though the people around me ♪ ♪ Their mouths are still moving ♪ ♪ The words they are forming ♪ ♪ Cannot reach me anymore ♪ ♪ And it is quiet ♪ ♪ And I am warm ♪ ♪ Like I've sailed ♪ You revolting little bloodworm.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bloodworm is made from blood and worm, because this small sea worm is bright red like 'blood'. So the name describes its red colour and why people use it as bait for fish.