fishworm


Also found in: Thesaurus.

fishworm

(ˈfɪʃˌwɜːm)
n
(Angling) an earthworm used by anglers as fishing bait
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.fishworm - terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soilfishworm - terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, angleworm, crawler, wiggler
class Oligochaeta, Oligochaeta - earthworms
oligochaete, oligochaete worm - hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Mentioned in ?
References in classic literature ?
-- "What's your bait?" "I catch shiners with fishworms, and bait the perch with them." "You'd better go now, John," said his wife, with glistening and hopeful face; but John demurred.
View in context
Do fishermen employ an angledog, angleworm, baitworm, earthworm, eaceworm, fishworm, mudworm, rainworm, or redworm?
What did you say?
Uropoda agitans, a mite pest in commercial fishworm beds.
The ground skink, Scincella lateralis, an unusual host for phoretic deutonymphs of a uropodine mite, Fuscuropoda marginata, with a review of analogous mite-host interactions

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?