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noun

• any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

• a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

• a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network

• screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack

verb

• to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)

28%7 Using live bait or artificial bait
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28%7 Marine fish often used for bait or live bait in angling
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