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Ragworm vs Earthworm - What's the difference?

ragworm | earthworm |

As nouns the difference between ragworm and earthworm

is that ragworm is a polychaete worm of the genus genus: Nereis or the family family: Nereididae, often used as bait in fishing while earthworm is a worm that lives in the ground.

ragworm

English

(wikipedia ragworm) (Nereis)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A polychaete worm of the genus , often used as bait in fishing.

    • Synonyms

    * clam worm, sandworm

    earthworm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A worm that lives in the ground.
  • A worm of the Lumbricidae family, or, more generally, of the suborder.
  • (figurative) A contemptible person.
  • (figurative) Death.

    • Synonyms

    * (a ground-living worm) groundworm; wiggler, red worm, red wiggler (Southern US); nightwalker (New England); nightcrawler

    Hyponyms

    * (a ground-living worm) baitworm; fishworm ; angleworm (Northern US); fishing worm (Southern US) - fish bait

    External links

    * (Earthworm)

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