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angleworm

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an·gle·worm  (nggl-wûrm)
n.
A worm, such as an earthworm, that is used as bait in fishing.
angleworm [ˈæŋgəlˌwɜːm]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Angling) an earthworm used as bait by anglers
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Noun1.anglewormangleworm - terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler, crawler
class Oligochaeta, Oligochaeta - earthworms
oligochaete, oligochaete worm - hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body


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Each hair is about the thickness of a large angleworm.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Elzbieta was one of the primitive creatures: like the angleworm, which goes on living though cut in half; like a hen, which, deprived of her chickens one by one, will mother the last that is left her.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
Each hair was about the bigness of a large angleworm, and as the thing moved the muscles of its scalp this awful head-covering seemed to writhe and wriggle and crawl about the fearsome face as though indeed each separate hair was endowed with independent life.
The Gods of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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