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ˈwater-worm
1. Any aquatic annelid.
1655Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. xi. 100 The Kings-fisher feedeth most upon water-worms, and little fishes. 1681Grew Musæum i. §vii. iii. 177 A Water-Worme. Lumbricus Aquaticus. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3). VIII. 665/2 Animated Horse-Hairs, a term used to express a sort of long and slender water-worm..by the vulgar supposed to be the hair fallen from a horse's mane into the water..and there animated by some strange power. 1865Swinburne Chastelard v. i. 176 Bred out of Egypt like the water-worm. 1889Hardwicke's Sci.-Gossip XXV. 139 It is not at all uncommon for some Rotifera..to adhere for a time to larger animals, such as Crustaceæ and water-worms. 1891M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpath. 56 Water-worms, and newts of every description.
b. fig. in derisive use.
1820Byron To Murray 23 Apr., I hate and abhor that puddle of water-worms [i.e. the lake poets] whom you have taken into your troop.
†2. Some kind of explosive used under water.
1809Naval Chron. XXII. 203 Fire-devils, water-worms, Shrapnell-shells. |