sandworm
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- noun
- /ˈsændˌwɜrm/
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lombriz de arena
- The largest and most dangerous organism on Arrakis is the sandworm, capable of reaching 400 meters in length.
Who would have thought there were millions of giant sandworms living deep underground for thousands of years?
- Who would have thought there were millions of giant sandworms living deep underground for thousands of years?
Examples
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Fishermen often use sandworms as bait to catch larger fish from the shore.
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Each fisherman dug as many as 1,200 sandworms on a low tide, using a four-tine garden fork.
Academic text (1990) -
Who would have thought there were millions of giant sandworms living deep underground for thousands of years?
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Rosie always had just one box of sandworms left in her fridge every time we went to buy them.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the early spring, usually in March, when the eels first became active, some fishermen caught them using a fist-sized bob of sandworms as bait.
Academic text (1990) -
Sandworms were most abundant in the sloping part of the intertidal zone between the cordgrass.
Academic text (1990) -
Sportfishermen in the bay have used sandworms, bloodworms, nemertean tapeworms, shrimp, and mummichogs for bait.
Academic text (1990) -
They caught weakfish by trolling small spoons or sandworms hooked onto spinners (Zeisel, 1988).
Academic text (1990) -
During our fishing trip, we collected several sandworms to use as bait for our hooks.
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He carefully dug up sandworms from the beach, knowing they were the best bait for catching flounder.
Synonyms
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A small long worm that lives in soil and helps make soil healthy
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A small worm that lives in soil and is often used as bait for fish
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A small bright red worm from the sea that people use as bait
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A small red earthworm that lives in soil, helps make soil better, and people use it as fishing bait
A sea worm often dug up and used as fishing bait
A large sea worm with small tufts on its sides used as fishing bait
A worm that people use as bait to catch fish
A worm, often an earthworm, used to catch fish
A common earthworm used as bait for fishing
A large earthworm that comes out at night or when the ground is wet and people use for fishing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sandworm is made of the simple words sand and worm, so it literally means 'a worm that lives in sand'. Today it names small real worms used as fishing bait and also the giant fictional worms that roam desert worlds in some stories.