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ice-worm|ˈaɪswɜːm|
[f. ice n. + worm n.]
a. A small oligochaete worm, Mesenchytræ us solifugus, found in North American glaciers and ice fields; also called glacier-worm and snow-worm.
b. Canada. An imaginary creature that first ‘appeared’ during the Klondike gold rush.
a. [1885J. Leidy in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 408 The little worms of the ice appear to be an undescribed species. 1886Bull. Washburn Coll. Lab. Nat. Hist. I. 186 What was popularly supposed to be an Ice Worm was found in the ice used in Salina, Kansas, toward the latter part of the summer of 1885.] 1904G. Eisen in C. H. Merriam Harriman Alaska Exped. XII. 61 It is not impossible that the various glaciers of Alaska contain several species of black ice worms. 1949Nature 24 Dec. 1098/1, I found a considerable number of the oligochaetous annelids known as ice-worms. 1970Nature 14 Feb. 587/1 During the day, ice worms, which are black and about three quarters of an inch long, were found clumped together 6–12 inches deep under the drainage furrows of the névé.
b.1901Klondike Nugget 10 Apr. 2/2 In a country where ice worms abound there is no telling but that deadly serpents may also be found. 1964Edmonton Jrnl. 11 July 27/1 The Klondike ice worm, immortalized in Robert Service's The Ice Worm Cocktail, has been imported to Edmonton. |
