ragworm
Segmented fishing bait
A ragworm is a marine worm with a segmented body and bristly projections along its sides, found burrowing in sand or mud along coastlines.
Ragworms are prized as fishing bait, particularly for sea angling: We dug up ragworms at low tide for the fishing trip.
The name comes from the ragged appearance of their many bristled segments.
Segmented marine annelid
- annelidSegmented worm phylum member
- bristlewormSpiny marine annelid
- sandwormMarine burrowing worm
- invertebrateAnimal sans backbone
segmented · somite · setae · bristles · bloodworm · lugworm · tubeworm · fireworm
Zone between high and low watermarks
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- mudflatExposed shore sediment
- saltmarshCoastal wetland with brackish water
- tidepoolCoastal rock hollow holding seawater
shoreline · coastal · brackish · sediment · burrow · substrate · seabed · littoral
Recreational hook-and-line pursuit
- hookCurved catching device
- tackleGear or takedown
- lureThing that tempts
- castingShaping through liquid form
float · line · sinker · rod · reel · baitcasting · surfcasting · sea fishing
Releasing eggs to reproduce
- swarmingGathering in large numbers
- lunar cycleMoon's orbital period
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
nocturnal · predator · prey · gills · circulation · nervous system · sensory · bioluminescence
polychaete
Segmented marine annelid
- annelidSegmented worm phylum member
- bristlewormSpiny marine annelid
- sandwormMarine burrowing worm
invertebrate · segmented · somite · setae · bristles · bloodworm · lugworm · tubeworm · fireworm · benthic
intertidal
Zone between high and low watermarks
tidepool · shoreline · coastal · brackish · sediment · burrow · substrate · seabed · littoral · foreshore
angling
Recreational hook-and-line pursuit
casting · float · line · sinker · rod · reel · baitcasting · surfcasting · sea fishing · bass fishing
spawning
Releasing eggs to reproduce
- swarmingGathering in large numbers
- lunar cycleMoon's orbital period
- reproductionCopying or procreation
regeneration · nocturnal · predator · prey · gills · circulation · nervous system · sensory · bioluminescence · larva
- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- wormsearthworm, earthworms, nightcrawler, roundworms, flatworms
- polychaetessandworm
ragwormearthworm
Segmented soil-dwelling invertebrate
nightcrawler · garden worm · lobworm · maggot · dew worm