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Definition of Bloodworms
1. bloodworm [n] - See also: bloodworm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodworms
Literary usage of Bloodworms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Design, Operation and Training Manual for an Intensive Culture Shrimp Hatchery by Granvil D. Treece, Joe M. Fox (1999)
"bloodworms are thought to provide long-chain fatty acids essential in maturation
... Panama, for example, has bloodworms rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids ..."
2. Bulletin of the Geographic Society of Chicago by Geographic Society of Chicago (1913)
"... are the large mussel (Quadrula undulata), the burrowing May-fly nymph (Hexagenia
sp.), and the bloodworms (Chironomidae). There are also the worms (A ..."
3. The Life of Inland Waters: An Elementary Text Book of Freshwater Biology for by James George Needham, John Thomas Lloyd (1915)
"Certain of them are common in pools at sewer outlets, where bloodworms dwell in
the bottom mud. When abundant in such places F1G. 32. ..."
4. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"2. In plural (common). — Sausages. [From the possibility of adulteration in this
species of food. Also BAGS OF MYSTERY, and SHARP'S ALLEY bloodworms. ..."
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