redworm

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A type of small, reddish earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus, used as bait in angling; also, in later use, the brandling, Eisenia foetida.

   “It could have been that you rose just before dawn and quickly tended your chores then dug a bucket of redworms out of the compost pile and pulled your cane pole out from under the porch and took off, up the creek.”

2. isim A parasitic worm of the family Strongylidae, which causes anaemia in many vertebrates.