ANGLEWORM

earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm

(noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

angleworm (plural angleworms)

(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.

XIX c., Emily Dickinson, A Bird came down the Walk —

Anagrams

• Low German, lawmonger

Source: Wiktionary


An"gle*worm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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