Definition of Lobworm

1. Noun. Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait.

Exact synonyms: Lug, Lugworm
Group relationships: Class Polychaeta, Polychaeta
Generic synonyms: Polychaete, Polychaete Worm, Polychete, Polychete Worm

Definition of Lobworm

1. n. The lugworm.

Definition of Lobworm

1. Noun. The lugworm. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lobworm

1. a lugworm [n -S] - See also: lugworm

Medical Definition of Lobworm

1. The lugworm. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lobworm

lobus inferior pulmonis
lobus linguiformis
lobus medius pulmonis dextri
lobus nervosus
lobus occipitalis cerebri
lobus parietalis cerebri
lobus posterior hypophyseos
lobus prostatae
lobus pyramidalis glandulae thyroideae
lobus quadratus
lobus renalis
lobus sinister
lobus superior pulmonis
lobus temporalis
lobworm (current term)
lobworms
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Literary usage of Lobworm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1917)
"His paintings are to be met See lobworm. Leyden, Vienna, Dresden, Munich ana Florence. ... lobworm ..."

2. A Manual of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1905)
"—PHYLUM ANNULATA AN earthworm, a lobworm, and a leech, when compared with one another, will at once be seen to possess certain features in common. ..."

3. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"Other species of these genera are found in other parts of the world. For anatomy, &c., see Huxley, The Crayfish ( lobworm, ..."

4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"A large number, however, are sedentary in habit, vegetarian in diet, and often inhabit tubes. The lobworm (Arenicola), the common Serpula, ..."

5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1874)
"The rubicund lobworm with which I had threaded the hook clove the watery plain with the ... Given a fresh lobworm on a tough hook, and a hungry perch, ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"When it is found that there are continual bites which are being missed, and that the lobworm is being bruised about the head, the presence of dace may be at ..."

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