Synonyms: nightcrawler, nightwalker, angleworm, fishing worm, fishworm, wiggler, dew worm, earthworm, crawler, red worm
Definition: terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
Similar words: oligochaete, oligochaete worm
Definition: hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body