earthworm

From earth +‎ worm. Compare Dutch aardworm, less common German Erdwurm.

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earthworm (plural earthworms)

1. A worm that lives in the ground.
2. A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
3. (figuratively) 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

• earthworm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• earthworm at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Earthworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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