white worm

noun

Any annelid of the genus Enchytraeus, especially Enchytraeus albidus.

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Meanings

nounwhite worm (plural white worms)

plural white worms

  1. Any annelid of the genus Enchytraeus, especially Enchytraeus albidus.

    Underneath, sunk in the floor, and most of them covered with chicken wire, there were tray upon tray swarming and heaving with worms and baits: white worms, micro worms, Daphnia, shrimp and thick slimy clam worms.

    1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 156
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, worm.
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