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PRONUNCIATION OF CATWORM

catworm  [ˈkætˌwɜːm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CATWORM

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Catworm is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CATWORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of catworm in the English dictionary

The definition of catworm in the dictionary is an active carnivorous polychaete worm, Nephthys hombergi, that is about 10cm long, having a pearly sheen to its body: often dug for bait Also called: white worm, white cat.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CATWORM


bloodworm
ˈblʌdˌwɜːm
bollworm
ˈbəʊlˌwɜːm
bookworm
ˈbʊkˌwɜːm
cutworm
ˈkʌtˌwɜːm
earthworm
ˈɜːθˌwɜːm
earworm
ˈɪəˌwɜːm
flatworm
ˈflætˌwɜːm
heartworm
ˈhɑːtˌwɜːm
hookworm
ˈhʊkˌwɜːm
jointworm
ˈdʒɔɪntˌwɜːm
maltworm
ˈmɔːltˌwɜːm
mealworm
ˈmiːlˌwɜːm
pinworm
ˈpɪnˌwɜːm
ringworm
ˈrɪŋˌwɜːm
rootworm
ˈruːtˌwɜːm
roundworm
ˈraʊndˌwɜːm
sandworm
ˈsændˌwɜːm
silkworm
ˈsɪlkˌwɜːm
tapeworm
ˈteɪpˌwɜːm
wheatworm
ˈwiːtˌwɜːm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CATWORM

cattle prod
cattle raising
cattle shed
cattle show
cattle truck
cattle-cake
cattle-grid
cattle-stop
cattleman
cattlemen
cattleya
catty
catty-corner
catty-cornered
Catullan
Catullus
CATV
catwalk
catworks

WORDS THAT END LIKE CATWORM

army worm
bagworm
cankerworm
corn earworm
deworm
fishworm
glow-worm
Guinea worm
hornworm
inchworm
lindworm
lungworm
pillworm
threadworm
tube worm
webworm
whipworm
white worm
woodworm
worm

Synonyms and antonyms of catworm in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «catworm» into 25 languages

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Trends of use of catworm

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CATWORM»

The term «catworm» is barely ever used and occupies the 211.091 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATWORM»

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Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Horticultural ...
The ding; catworm, Feltia subgothica: m and/, male and female moths, natural size; mm and //, male and female moths twice natural size (after Sungerland). Beneath is side and back view of the catworm, twice natural size (after Forbes).
Michigan State Horticultural Society, 1896
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Shorebirds: an illustrated behavioural ecology
Figure 4.12 shows that if within this 1 m x 5 m area only one sample had been taken, our estimate of the catworm density could have varied from 0-170 worms per m2. How many samples were needed to get a reliable estimate? If the variance ...
Jan van de Kam, Suzanne J. Moore, 2004
3
Sea Life of Britain and Ireland
... Polydora Polydora ciliata Pomatoceros Pomatoceros triqueter Sabella Sabella pavonina Sabellaria alveolata Sabellaria spinulosa Scoloplos armiger Serpula vermicularis Spirobis borealis Tomopteris catworm catworm catworm keel-worms  ...
Elizabeth M. Wood, Frances Dipper, Marine Conservation Society, 1988
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Northwestern Dental Journal
... rather than diminishes.” Junior, explaining mysteries of the oral surgery clinic: “ Yes, i was in this morning and saw Dr. Gilmer remove some 'curious' bone with a curette.” Which do you prefer Dr. Gilmer, silkworm gut or catworm gut?
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Report on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of ...
Popenoe, E. A., article on The Chinch Bug and the Season cited, 45. paper, cited, 59, Potato, injury to, by Clay-backed Catworm.,91, 92. by cutworms, 84,85. Sweet . See under Sweet Potato. Practical Entomologist cited, 61. Prairie Farmer cited ...
Illinois State Entomologist, 1886
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Special Bulletin ...
The speckled cutworm, MamUtra rubjvncta: At the right is the fall grown catworm and behind a yonnger one; above is the moth, all natural size. AT MUSKEGON. My own experiments and observations have been largely at Muskegon the past ...
Michigan State University. Agricultural Experiment Station, 1894
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The Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London
[Sec Ws'rsnm's Genera Insectorum] Onnwvnsnv (Ivan). L'Enigme des Scolytiens. [ 1910.] Les insectcs parasites et hyporparasites. [Ed. du départ. forestier, St. ' Peters'burg, 1911.] M. Burr. Cnrrrnsnsu (F. H.). A Little-known Catworm. [U. S. Dept.
Royal Entomological Society of London, 1913
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The Littoral Fauna of the British Isles: A Handbook for ...
Greyish red or pearly white, iridescent, branchiae red. Common. Used as bait, and known as the Catworm. Лг. cirrosa. F. 1923, p. 369; M. 1908, p. 36, pl. 57. Body of ninety to ninety-five segments. Proboscis with a large dorsal median papilla.
Nellie Barbara Eales, 1967
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Recent Advances in Environmental Science
This creates a need for a suitable burrowing mechanisms, which may take the form of the proboscis and parapodia of polychaete worms such as the catworm Nephtys, and the lugworm Arenicola or the foot of shore-dwelling bivalve molluscs.
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e-Study Guide for: Biology of Invertebrates by Jan A. ...
Nephtys: Nephtys is a genus of marine catworm. Some species are halotolerant to a degree in that they cansurvivein estuaries and estuarine lagoons down to a salinity of 20 psu (Practical Salinity Units). . Pseudophyllidea: Pseudophyllid ...
Cram101 Textbook Reviews, 2012

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