bloodworm
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blood·worm
(blŭd'wûrm') 
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n.
- Any of various red, segmented marine worms of the genera Polycirrus and Enoplobranchus that have bright red bodies and are often used for bait.
- The freshwater larvae of certain midges that are red as a result of the high hemoglobin content of their blood.
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bloodworm
A parasitic worm of cyprinid fish. Called also philometra abdominalis.
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