Word Meanings - ANGLEWORM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.

Related words: (words related to ANGLEWORM)

• EARTHWORM
  Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm. 2. A mean, sordid person; a
• GENUS
  A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
• FREQUENTLY
  At frequent or short intervals; many times; often; repeatedly; commonly.
• LUMBRICUS
  A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochæta, and including the common earthworms. See Earthworm.
• SUBGENUS
  A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
• INFREQUENTLY
  Not frequently; rarely.
• WRANGLERSHIP
  The honor or position of being a wrangler at the University of Cambridge, England.