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blood worm

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
blood- -worm
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A larva of any chironomid midge in the (family Chironomidae).

noun

Any polychete worm of genus Glycera.

noun

A blackworm of species Lumbriculus variegatus.

noun

A roundworm of species Strongylus vulgaris, a common parasite of horses.

noun

A parasitic roundworm of species Angiostrongylus cantonensis.

Inflected Forms

blood worms (plural) bloodworm (alternative)

Questions

What does blood worm mean?
A larva of any chironomid midge in the (family Chironomidae).

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