hook worm

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• hook|worm — «HUK WURM», noun. 1. any one of several roundworms which have strong cutting plates or teeth. Hookworms enter the body through the skin and suck blood from the intestinal walls of people and animals, causing hookworm disease. 2. = hookworm… …   Useful english dictionary

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• worm — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun WORM + VERB ▪ burrow, crawl ▪ Worms burrow down through the soil. ▪ wriggle, writhe ▪ The worm was wriggling on the hook …   Collocations dictionary

• hook — 1) a bent piece of wire with its tip sharpened and often a barb below the tip, used to catch fish. Available in many sizes and styles, variously numbered and named. May be single, double or treble but all these are counted as one hook in angling… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• hook — 01. He put a worm on the [hook] and dropped his line into the water. 02. A couple of fish have touched the [hook], but nothing has bitten yet. 03. I drilled a hole in the wall to put the picture [hook] into. 04. He [hooked] the trailer to the car …   Grammatical examples in English

• Hook and Ladder (1932 film) — Infobox Film name = Hook and Ladder image size = caption = director = Robert F. McGowan producer = Robert F. McGowan Hal Roach writer = Robert A. McGowan Hal Roach H. M. Walker narrator = starring = music = Leroy Shield Marvin Hatley… …   Wikipedia

• Fish hook — Fishhook redirects here. For other uses, see Fishhook (disambiguation). Anatomy of a fish hook A fish hook is a device for catching fish either by impaling them in the mouth or, more rarely, by snagging the body of the fish. Fish hooks have been… …   Wikipedia

• Plastic worm — Orange plastic worm. A plastic worm (or trout worm) is a plastic fishing lure, generally made to simulate an earthworm. Plastic worms can carry a variety of shapes, colors and sizes, and are made from a variety of synthetic polymers. Some are… …   Wikipedia

• Circle hook — An example of a Circle Hook A circle hook is a type of fish hook which is sharply curved back in a circular shape. It has become widely popular among anglers in recent years because it hooks a much higher percentage of fish and is rarely… …   Wikipedia

• Morris worm — The Morris worm or Internet worm of November 2, 1988 was one of the first computer worms distributed via the Internet. It is considered the first worm and was certainly the first to gain significant mainstream media attention. It also resulted in …   Wikipedia

• Telephone hook — A telephone hook or switchhook is the cradle where a telephone handset resides. It takes its name from old wooden wall telephones, where the mouthpiece was usually mounted on the telephone box and the receiver was separate, on a cable. When the… …   Wikipedia