ice wormn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪs wəːm/, U.S.

/ˈaɪs ˌwərm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ice n., worm n.

Etymology: < ice n. + worm n.

1. An imaginary creature which flourishes in icy conditions; spec. (Canadian) one first reported during the Klondike gold rush.The Klondike ice worm was apparently the invention of E. J. ‘Stroller’ White (c1856–1930), then a journalist on the Klondike Nugget (see quot. 1901).

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > imaginary persons or creatures

man in the moon1596

Briarean1598

phantasim1598

mooncalf1638

splacknuck1726

Idomenian1764

little green man1802

ring-tailed roarer1828

Belsnickel1830

ice worm1830

catawampus1843

whangdoodle1852

Prince Charming1855

boojum1876

snark1879

Easter rabbit1881

Easter bunny1900

death moth1910

Moomin1950

energy vampire1967

tooth fairy1977

1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 30/1 There is nothing on earth that can save the Khan, unless we could get him one of those mysterious creatures, the kirm-e-yehk, or ice-worm, which frequent the eternal snows upon the summit of Agri-Daugh.

1881 Cedar Plains (Iowa) Rapids 22 Sept. 3/2 This country is afflicted with cyclones, electric storms..and now comes a harrowing tale of a new affliction—the ice worm. It is said that this creature eats ice with all the appetite of a free luncher or an able bodied tramp.

1890 Oelwin (Iowa) Register 27 Feb. 1/5 This ice worm is creating a famine around the north pole and is eating his way through icebergs on a trip to this part of the country.

1901 Klondike Nugget 10 Apr. 2/2 In a country where ice worms abound there is no telling but that deadly serpents may also be found.

1930 R. W. Service Coll. Verse 162 You know what it's like in the Yukon wild when it's sixty-nine below; when the ice-worms wriggle their purple heads through the crust of the pale blue snow.

1964 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 11 July 27/1 The Klondike ice worm, immortalized in Robert Service's The Ice Worm Cocktail, has been imported to Edmonton.

2005 New Yorker 6 June 59/2 In 1992,..she was sent to Cordova to cover the Ice Worm Festival.

2. A worm that lives in ice; spec. any of several small oligochaete worms of the genus Mesenchytraeus (esp. M. solifugus) which inhabit glaciers in North America.Cf. snow-worm n. at snow n.¹ Compounds 4b.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Oligochaeta > member of family Enchytraeidae

snow-worm1608

ice worm1884

1884 Gaillard's Med. Jrnl. 38 594 Philadelphia Ice Worms—..scientists assert that even the ice with which the Schuylkill water is cooled for drinking swarms with disagreeable worms.

1904 G. Eisen in C. H. Merriam Harriman Alaska Exped. XII. 61 It is not impossible that the various glaciers of Alaska contain several species of black ice worms.

1949 Nature 24 Dec. 1098/1 I found a considerable number of the oligochaetous annelids known as ice-worms.

1972 Arctic 25 245/1 The photograph and description of ice worms and their behaviour create reality out of legend.

2009 D. H. Shain Annelids Mod. Biol. xvi. 302 With the exception of an ice worm population reported on the Tibetan Plateau,..other credible ice worm reports are nonexistent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ice worm
释义	ice wormn. Brit. /ˈʌɪs wəːm/, U.S. /ˈaɪs ˌwərm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ice n., worm n. Etymology: < ice n. + worm n. 1. An imaginary creature which flourishes in icy conditions; spec. (Canadian) one first reported during the Klondike gold rush.The Klondike ice worm was apparently the invention of E. J. ‘Stroller’ White (c1856–1930), then a journalist on the Klondike Nugget (see quot. 1901). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > imaginary persons or creatures man in the moon1596 Briarean1598 phantasim1598 mooncalf1638 splacknuck1726 Idomenian1764 little green man1802 ring-tailed roarer1828 Belsnickel1830 ice worm1830 catawampus1843 whangdoodle1852 Prince Charming1855 boojum1876 snark1879 Easter rabbit1881 Easter bunny1900 death moth1910 Moomin1950 energy vampire1967 tooth fairy1977 1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 30/1 There is nothing on earth that can save the Khan, unless we could get him one of those mysterious creatures, the kirm-e-yehk, or ice-worm, which frequent the eternal snows upon the summit of Agri-Daugh. 1881 Cedar Plains (Iowa) Rapids 22 Sept. 3/2 This country is afflicted with cyclones, electric storms..and now comes a harrowing tale of a new affliction—the ice worm. It is said that this creature eats ice with all the appetite of a free luncher or an able bodied tramp. 1890 Oelwin (Iowa) Register 27 Feb. 1/5 This ice worm is creating a famine around the north pole and is eating his way through icebergs on a trip to this part of the country. 1901 Klondike Nugget 10 Apr. 2/2 In a country where ice worms abound there is no telling but that deadly serpents may also be found. 1930 R. W. Service Coll. Verse 162 You know what it's like in the Yukon wild when it's sixty-nine below; when the ice-worms wriggle their purple heads through the crust of the pale blue snow. 1964 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 11 July 27/1 The Klondike ice worm, immortalized in Robert Service's The Ice Worm Cocktail, has been imported to Edmonton. 2005 New Yorker 6 June 59/2 In 1992,..she was sent to Cordova to cover the Ice Worm Festival. 2. A worm that lives in ice; spec. any of several small oligochaete worms of the genus Mesenchytraeus (esp. M. solifugus) which inhabit glaciers in North America.Cf. snow-worm n. at snow n.¹ Compounds 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Oligochaeta > member of family Enchytraeidae snow-worm1608 ice worm1884 1884 Gaillard's Med. Jrnl. 38 594 Philadelphia Ice Worms—..scientists assert that even the ice with which the Schuylkill water is cooled for drinking swarms with disagreeable worms. 1904 G. Eisen in C. H. Merriam Harriman Alaska Exped. XII. 61 It is not impossible that the various glaciers of Alaska contain several species of black ice worms. 1949 Nature 24 Dec. 1098/1 I found a considerable number of the oligochaetous annelids known as ice-worms. 1972 Arctic 25 245/1 The photograph and description of ice worms and their behaviour create reality out of legend. 2009 D. H. Shain Annelids Mod. Biol. xvi. 302 With the exception of an ice worm population reported on the Tibetan Plateau,..other credible ice worm reports are nonexistent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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