lugworm
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English
Etymology
From lug (“anything that moves slowly”) + worm.
Noun
lugworm (plural lugworms)
- Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola
- especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide.
- black lugworm (Arenicola defodiens)
Synonyms
- (Arenicola marina): lobworm, sandworm, blow lugworm
Translations
Arenicola marina
References
lugworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Arenicola marina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Arenicola marina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - “lugworm”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “lugworm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
