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Webster 1913 Edition
Sandworm
Sand′wormˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.
(b)
Any species of annelids of the genus
Sabellaria
. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters. (c)
The chigoe, a species of flea.
Definition 2024
sandworm
sandworm
English
Noun
sandworm (plural sandworms)
- (Britain) The lugworm, Arenicola marina.
- (US) The clam worm or ragworm, Alitta virens.
- Hookworm larvae, especially of Ancylostoma braziliense, which cause cutaneous larva migrans.
- The chigoe, a species of flea, Tunga penetrans.