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
earthworm (plural earthworms)
A worm that lives in the ground.
A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
(figurative) A contemptible person; a groveller.
• (a ground-living worm): rainworm, groundworm; wiggler, red worm, red wiggler (Southern US); nightwalker (New England); nightcrawler (Northern US, Western US); dew worm (US Great Lakes region, Canada)
• (a ground-living worm): baitworm; fishworm (Northern US, Central US); angleworm (Northern US); fishing worm (Southern US) - fish bait
• heartworm
Source: Wiktionary
Earth"worm`, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.
2. A mean, sordid person; a niggard. Norris.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 November 2024
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