单词 | white ragworm |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite ragworm white ragworm n. any of various whitish ragworms of the genus Nephtys, esp. N. caeca, commonly used as fishing bait.Also with unchanged plural. ΚΠ 1865 G. Johnston Catal. Brit. Non-parasitical Worms Brit. Mus. 168 The white Rag-worm. 1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 232 The White-rag Worm, or Lurg [Nephthys cæca], is common on the British shores, and varies from six to ten inches in length. 1965 A. Wrangles Newnes Compl. Guide Sea Angling 48/1 White ragworm are very often found when digging for lugworm in sand. 1998 M. Bentley in G. B. Corbet Nature of Fife vi. 58/2 The white ragworms, Nephtys caeca, N. hombergii, and N. cirrosa, are also common. < as lemmas |
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