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redworm en · NOUN

Etymology

From red + worm.

Meanings

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.

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