water wormn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə wəːm/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌwərm/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌwərm/

Forms: see water n. and worm n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., worm n.

Etymology: < water n. + worm n. Compare Middle High German wazzerwurm (German Wasserwurm, rare). Compare also Old Icelandic vatnormr water serpent, Old Swedish vatuormber.

1. Any of various wormlike aquatic invertebrate animals. Also figurative.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > member of > aquatic

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. cxv. 1264 Of wormes [L. verminum] beþ many maner dyuerse kyndes... For somme beþ water wormes [L. aquatici] and somme beþ londe wormes.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. xxvi. 634 Þey..huntiþ and gadreþ watir wormes [L. vermes aquatiles] and fissche to fille here wombe.

a1589 L. Mascall Bk. Fishing (1590) 8 The red worme and the Menow bee good baites for him in all times of the yeare, and in Iune with the cadys or water worme.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Charrée,..a little twelue-footed water-worme, much hunted after by Trowtes.

1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xi. 100 The Kings-fisher feedeth most upon water-worms, and little fishes.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vii. iii. 177 A Water-Worme. Lumbricus Aquaticus.

1797 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 665/2 Animated Horse-Hairs, a term used to express a sort of long and slender water-worm..by the vulgar supposed to be the hair fallen from a horse's mane into the water..and there animated by some strange power.

1820 Ld. Byron To Murray 23 Apr. I hate and abhor that puddle of water-worms [i.e. the lake poets] whom you have taken into your troop.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard v. i. 176 Bred out of Egypt like the water-worm.

1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 56 Water-worms, and newts of every description.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 828 To call the roll of pond animals would take a long time. Think of water-shrew and newt.., the water-fleas and the water-worms.

1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) vi. 48 This group of water-worms are more like the earthworms than are the leeches.

2002 New Scientist 6 Apr. 20/3 Other insect-based delicacies from Mexico include..ahuahutle (the eggs of water worms) and maguey worms.

†2. A type of explosive used underwater. Obsolete. rare.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > other explosive devices

squib1590

Volta's pistol1779

water worm1809

satchel charge1943

thunderflash1943

Willie Peter1963

Willie Pete1972

suicide belt1974

1809 Naval Chron. 21 412 Noah's ark, it has been said, never contained such a diversity of forms and natures, as the fleet alluded to will offer. Water worms, and fire devils are among them.

1809 Naval Chron. 22 203 Such heterogeneous articles as coffers, catamarans, rockets, infernals, fire-devils, water-worms, Shrapnell-shells, &c.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	water worm
释义	water wormn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə wəːm/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌwərm/, /ˈwɑdər ˌwərm/ Forms: see water n. and worm n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., worm n. Etymology: < water n. + worm n. Compare Middle High German wazzerwurm (German Wasserwurm, rare). Compare also Old Icelandic vatnormr water serpent, Old Swedish vatuormber. 1. Any of various wormlike aquatic invertebrate animals. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Annelida > [noun] > member of > aquatic water worma1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. cxv. 1264 Of wormes [L. verminum] beþ many maner dyuerse kyndes... For somme beþ water wormes [L. aquatici] and somme beþ londe wormes. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xii. xxvi. 634 Þey..huntiþ and gadreþ watir wormes [L. vermes aquatiles] and fissche to fille here wombe. a1589 L. Mascall Bk. Fishing (1590) 8 The red worme and the Menow bee good baites for him in all times of the yeare, and in Iune with the cadys or water worme. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Charrée,..a little twelue-footed water-worme, much hunted after by Trowtes. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. xi. 100 The Kings-fisher feedeth most upon water-worms, and little fishes. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. §vii. iii. 177 A Water-Worme. Lumbricus Aquaticus. 1797 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 665/2 Animated Horse-Hairs, a term used to express a sort of long and slender water-worm..by the vulgar supposed to be the hair fallen from a horse's mane into the water..and there animated by some strange power. 1820 Ld. Byron To Murray 23 Apr. I hate and abhor that puddle of water-worms [i.e. the lake poets] whom you have taken into your troop. 1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard v. i. 176 Bred out of Egypt like the water-worm. 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 56 Water-worms, and newts of every description. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 828 To call the roll of pond animals would take a long time. Think of water-shrew and newt.., the water-fleas and the water-worms. 1953 H. Mellanby Animal Life in Fresh Water (ed. 5) vi. 48 This group of water-worms are more like the earthworms than are the leeches. 2002 New Scientist 6 Apr. 20/3 Other insect-based delicacies from Mexico include..ahuahutle (the eggs of water worms) and maguey worms. †2. A type of explosive used underwater. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > other explosive devices squib1590 Volta's pistol1779 water worm1809 satchel charge1943 thunderflash1943 Willie Peter1963 Willie Pete1972 suicide belt1974 1809 Naval Chron. 21 412 Noah's ark, it has been said, never contained such a diversity of forms and natures, as the fleet alluded to will offer. Water worms, and fire devils are among them. 1809 Naval Chron. 22 203 Such heterogeneous articles as coffers, catamarans, rockets, infernals, fire-devils, water-worms, Shrapnell-shells, &c. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1398
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