Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various marine burrowing annelid worms, such as a lugworm or clamworm, inhabiting coastal sand or mud and often used as fishing bait.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A worm that lives in the sand: applied to various arenicolous or limicolous annelids, found especially in the sand of the sea-shore, and quite different from ordinary earthworms. They are much used for bait.
- noun A worm that constructs a sand-tube, as a species of Sabellaria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any one of numerous species of annelids which burrow in the sand of the seashore.
- noun Any species of annelids of the genus Sabellaria. They construct firm tubes of agglutinated sand on rocks and shells, and are sometimes destructive to oysters.
- noun The chigoe, a species of flea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK The
lugworm . - noun US The
clam worm orragworm . - noun The
chigoe , a species offlea .
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Examples
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In effect, he cannot tell a sand dune from a sandworm.
May 6th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Just over the page, John Schoenherr's 'sandworm' over for the March 1965 issue of Analog bottom introduces one of the most vivid images from Frank Herbert's 'Dune' saga.
Lost Worlds Found 2011
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Like the time a fellow I took surf fishing tried to put a sandworm on the hook.
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Their leader, Vooper Werribee, counts 130 members who enjoy roleplay in the sands of an Arrakis based in Second Life, taking on the personae of sandworm-riding Fremen, Harkonnen-hating Atreides, and so on.
Boing Boing 2009
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Not twenty seconds later, I sighted my sandworm and cried out “my wormy!”
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Like the time a fellow I took surf fishing tried to put a sandworm on the hook.
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Just perfect for launching one of Mr. Sutcliffe's tin model ships in order for it to bob along over sandworm casts and broken shards of razor shell.
Tinplate Saturdays Peter Ashley 2008
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As much as I love Lynch's truly bizarre take on the story, it's as if Paul rides a sandworm - drinks the water of life and suddenly he's 'the one.'
Pierre Morel’s Approach to Dune: “Faster, More Modern,” Compared to the ‘84 Version | /Film 2010
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The key to a great Dune adaptation are kick-ass sandworm scenes.
Pierre Morel’s Approach to Dune: “Faster, More Modern,” Compared to the ‘84 Version | /Film 2010
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For your brick-loving enjoyment: Dune sandworm ... in Lego!
November 2008 2008
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