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cockworms

cockworms is the plural of cockworm.

Meaning of cockworm

Noun

cockworm (plural cockworms)

  1. (Bermuda) A type of large marine worm, Arenicola cristata, used for fishing bait.
    • A light glass rod is best, and for bait the Bone seems to like, more than any thing, the Green or Cock worm.1954, Travel Magazine, volume 102, page 6

Questions about cockworms

What is cockworms the plural of?
Cockworms is the plural of cockworm.

Words near cockworms in the dictionary

  1. cockwipes
  2. cockwomble
  3. cockwombles
  4. Cockwood
  5. cockworm
  6. cockworms
  7. cocky
  8. cocky apple
  9. cocky's joy
  10. cockying
  11. cockyleekie

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