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lob·worm (l

wûrm

)

See lugworm.

[Alteration (influenced by lob, lump, something hanging) of lugworm.]

lobworm [ˈlɒbˌwɜːm]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for lugworm Sometimes shortened to lob

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large earthworm used as bait in fishing

[from obsolete lob lump + worm]

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lobworm - marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait

lugworm, lug

class Polychaeta, Polychaeta - marine annelid worms

polychaete, polychaete worm, polychete, polychete worm - chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles

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class Polychaeta invertebrate lob Lug lugworm Polychaeta polychaete polychaete worm polychete polychete worm			The Bidford-on-Avon angler was float-fishing on the Great Ouse when the massive 5lb 6oz perch - the biggest taken from any English river other than the Thames - snaffled his lobworm hook bait. On top of the rainbow; Angling GARETH PURNELL'S WEEKLY ROUND-UP by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) The biggest UK worm is the lobworm, which lives in burrows deep beneath the surface and emerges mainly at night to drag down leaves and other organic material to digest in its burrow. A MATTER OF TASTE by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Bread fished with feeder tactics is likely to be the best bait for chub, which like big baits, though cheese, meat and lobworms will always attract a greedy chub. Angling: WHAT A WHOPPER; Tees yields a bumper match haul ANDREW ... by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			lobster lobster a la Newburg lobster butter Lobster caterpillar Lobster louse lobster moth lobster Newburg lobster plant lobster pot lobster stew lobster tail lobster tart lobster thermidor Lobster trap lobster-backed lobsterback lobsterman Lobular Lobularia Lobularia maritima lobularity lobulate lobule Lobule of the ear Lobulette lobworm loc cit loc. loc. cit. local Local actions Local affection local anaesthesia local anaesthetic local anesthesia local anesthetic local area network Local attraction local authority Local battery local call Local circuit local color local colour local department local education authority local examinations local government Local Group local loan local mean time			lobule quadrangularis lobule quadrangularis lobule quadrangularis lobule simplex lobule simplex lobule simplex Lobule-Dependent Zonal Measurement Lobules Lobules Lobules lobules of epididymis lobules of epididymis lobules of epididymis Lobules of testis Lobules of testis Lobules of testis Lobulette lobulose lobulose lobulose lobulus lobulus lobulus lobus lobus lobus lobus azygos Lobus Lineae Lateralis Posterior LOBV Lobva lobworm lobworms LOC LOC LOC LOC LOC LOC LOC ACC Loc cit Loc cit loc- LOC-LED loc. loc. cit. Loca Loca Loca Loca Loca LOCA Limits Analysis Package Loca Lola Design Team, Inc. Loca Parentis Loca Parentis Loca Parentis LOCAA LOCAAA LOCAAS LOCAASS LOCAC Locacao com opcao de compa

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