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redworms

redworms is the plural of redworm.

Meaning of redworm

Noun

redworm (plural redworms)

  1. A type of small, reddish earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus, used as bait in angling; also, in later use, the brandling, Eisenia foetida.
    • It could have been that you rose just before dawn and quickly tended your chores then dug a bucket of redworms out of the compost pile and pulled your cane pole out from under the porch and took off, up the creek.1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug
  2. A parasitic worm of the family Strongylidae, which causes anaemia in many vertebrates.

Questions about redworms

What is redworms the plural of?
Redworms is the plural of redworm.

Words near redworms in the dictionary

  1. Redwood Falls
  2. Redwood Valley
  3. redwoods
  4. redwork
  5. redworm
  6. redworms
  7. redye
  8. redyed
  9. redyeing
  10. redyeings
  11. redyes

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