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bloodworm

bloodworm is the alternative spelling of blood worm.

Meaning of blood worm

Noun

blood worm (plural blood worms)

  1. A larva of any chironomid midge in the (family Chironomidae).
  2. Any polychete worm of genus Glycera.
  3. A blackworm of species Lumbriculus variegatus.
  4. A roundworm of species Strongylus vulgaris, a common parasite of horses.
  5. A parasitic roundworm of species Angiostrongylus cantonensis.

Forms of bloodworm

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Questions about bloodworm

What is bloodworm the alternative spelling of?
Bloodworm is the alternative spelling of blood worm.

Words near bloodworm in the dictionary

  1. bloodwites
  2. bloodwits
  3. bloodwood
  4. bloodwoods
  5. bloodwork
  6. bloodworm
  7. bloodworms
  8. bloodwort
  9. Bloodworth
  10. Bloodworths
  11. bloodworts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bloodworm (page history and authors); blood worm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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