dew worm

dew-worm

also dew worm (do͞o′wûrm′, dyo͞o′-)

n.

An earthworm found on or near the surface of the ground and used as fishing bait.

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Noun

1.

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

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