cockworm

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noun
Definitions
  • (Bermuda) A type of large marine worm used for fishing bait.

Etymology

Affix from English cock (penis, male domestic chicken, a shock pile of grain, diminutive suffix, male, a roundish heap, rooster) + English worm.

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worm

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