lugworm

English

Etymology

From lug (“anything that moves slowly”) +‎ worm.

Noun

lugworm (plural lugworms)

1. Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola
   1. especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide.
   2. black lugworm (Arenicola defodiens)

Synonyms

• (Arenicola marina): lobworm, sandworm, blow lugworm

Translations

Arenicola marina

• Galician: bichoca f, bichoco m, senrada f, cagón (gl) m, xorrón m, mangón m
• Hungarian: csaliféreg
• Navajo: tábąąhgi łeeyiʼ chʼosh
• Russian: пескожи́л (ru) m (peskožíl)

References

• lugworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arenicola marina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Arenicola marina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “lugworm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “lugworm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.