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- sandworm [sand′wʉrm΄]n.any of various large, marine polychaetous worms usually living in burrows along sandy coastlines and commonly used as fishing bait, including the lugworm and nereis
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Sandworm — may refer to:* The Lugworm, a large marine worm, also known as a sandworm in the UK * Sandworm (US), the common clam worm, or King Ragworm, a polychaete worm of the family Nereidae, known as a sandworm in the USIn Fiction* Sandworm (Dune), a… … Wikipedia
Sandworm — Sand worm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore. (b) Any species of annelids of the genus {Sabellaria}. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand on rocks and shells, and are… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sandworm (Dune) — The sandworm is a fictional form of desert dwelling creature from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. They first appear in the 1965 novel Dune , considered to be among the classics in the science fiction genre, cite web | title = SCI FI… … Wikipedia
sandworm — noun Date: 1776 any of various sand dwelling polychaete worms: as a. any of several large burrowing worms (especially genus Nereis) often used as bait b. lugworm … New Collegiate Dictionary
sandworm — a marine worm (Polychaeta) used as bait in angling, e.g. for striped bass. Also called blood worm … Dictionary of ichthyology
sandworm — /sand werrm /, n. 1. any of several marine worms that live in sand. 2. clamworm. [1770 80; SAND + WORM] * * * … Universalium
sandworm — noun a) The lugworm. b) The clam worm or ragworm … Wiktionary
sandworm — Any of the various dog and cat hookworms whose larvae cause cutaneous larva migrans … Medical dictionary
sandworm — sand•worm [[t]ˈsændˌwɜrm[/t]] n. 1) ivt any of various marine worms that live in sand 2) ivt clamworm • Etymology: 1770–80 … From formal English to slang
sandworm — /ˈsændwɜm/ (say sandwerm) noun a polychaete of the family Nereididae, especially Australonereis ehlersi, found in the sandy mud in estuaries or brackish waters of Australia, and used as bait for fish …
