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Definition of Lugworm
1. Noun. Marine worms having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back; often used for fishing bait.
Group relationships: Class Polychaeta, Polychaeta
Generic synonyms: Polychaete, Polychaete Worm, Polychete, Polychete Worm
Definition of Lugworm
1. n. A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm.
Definition of Lugworm
1. Noun. A large marine worm of the phylum ''Annelida'', whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lugworm
1. a burrowing marine worm [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lugworm
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lugworm
Literary usage of Lugworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sea Fishing by John Bickerdyke, William Senior, Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe, Henry William Gore Booth (1895)
"On the East coast nothing answers better than mussels, unless indeed it is a
lugworm or squid. In some places I have found lugworms better than any other ..."
2. Sea-side Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by William Houghton (1870)
"Let us look more closely at the lugworm. It is about ten inches long, ...
Willy asked whether the lugworm could reproduce lost portions of its body like the ..."
3. Fishing by Horace Gordon Hutchinson (1904)
"Where Mr. Scott first conceived the notion of baiting with lugworm for bass I
... Yet if we too had baited with lugworm and cast out from the beach during ..."
4. The British Seas: Picturesque Notes by William Clark Russell (1894)
"Women have ample work in a fishing community. Getting bait, redding the nets,
mending them, baiting the lines, attaching carefully bits of lugworm, ..."
5. Sport in Europe by Frederick George Aflalo (1901)
"Mussel and lugworm are the best all-round baits for this ground-fishing, though
the largest catches I ever made of plaice were on herring bait, ..."
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