bloodwormn.
/ˈblʌdwəːm/, U.S. /ˈblədˌwərm/ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > mythical types of serpent (miscellaneous)
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1587 A. Golding tr. Solinus Worthie Work xxxix. sig. S.ii. (margin) The bloodworm.
2. Any of various red-coloured aquatic worms or wormlike organisms; esp. (a) a small oligochaete worm, Lumbriculus variegatus; (b) the small larva of some chironomid midges; (c) a marine polychaete worm of the genus Glycera.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Polychaeta > member of
bloodworm1736
polychaetan1865
polychaete1891
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > class Chaetopoda > order Oligochaeta > family Lumbricidae > member of (earthworm) > used as bait
redwormc1450
bloodworm1736
easworm1872
nightcrawler1896
1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. ii. 275 They [sc. stickleback] will bite freely at the small Red-worm called the Blood-worm.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 280 In the winter season, the fittest baits for the New River are blood-worms.
1833 J. Rennie Alphabet Sci. Angling 37 I mean here water blood-worms, and not the smaller bright red earth-worms sometimes so named in books on angling.
1840 R. Browning Sordello ii. 289 Circling blood~worms, minnow, newt, or loach.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xiii. 340 In stagnant and dirty pools in the summertime..we sometimes see ‘blood-worms’, which are the aquatic larvae of certain gnats or midges, best called harlequin-flies (Chironomus).
1974 A. Dillard Pilgrim at Tinker Creek vii. 119 Also at the pond's muddy edges it is easy to see the tiny red tubifex worms and bloodworms.
2010 Observer 21 Mar. (Guide to Pets) 46/1 Offer a varied diet including bloodworms, waxworms and earthworms or specialist african clawed frog food.
3. Any of various parasitic nematodes or trematodes which circulate in the blood of humans and other animals.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Platyhelminthes > [noun] > class Trematodes > member of
fluke1668
plaicea1722
gourd-worm1756
weevil1789
trematode1859
bloodworm1872
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Nemathelminthes > [noun] > class Nematoda > member of
roundworm1837
nematode1856
nematoid1865
bloodworm1872
heartworm1877
rhabdonema1886
palisade worm1888
kidney worm1893
tunnel-worm1895
nema1917
rhabditoid1937
1872 Lancet 31 Aug. 310/2 And the identity of these blood-worms with those of the urine is, we understand, beyond doubt.
1898 Geogr. Jrnl. 12 600 In nearly all tropical countries, a large proportion of the inhabitants..harbour one or other of the four or five species of blood-worms now known to occur in man.
1948 L. E. H. Whitby Nurses' Handbk. Hygiene (ed. 8) v. 139 Filariæ (Blood-worms).—The adult worms inhabit the lymphatics and glands of man, and give rise to numerous embryos, which enter the blood stream of the host by night.
1967 tr. D. M. Jarry Human Parasitol. 100 A bloodworm 250–300 μ long and 7·5 μ in diameter, exhibiting bends and turns.
2006 J. R. Heffelfinger Deer of Southwest viii. 197 The disease is caused by Elaeophora schneideri, a small, white, round, blood worm (nematode) about 2—5 inches long that is usually found inside the carotid arteries.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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