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fishworm

noun

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

• Syn:

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

• Derivationally related forms: ↑crawl (for: ↑crawler), ↑wiggle (for: ↑wiggler)

• Hypernyms: ↑oligochaete, ↑oligochaete worm

• Member Holonyms: ↑Oligochaeta, ↑class Oligochaeta

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun

1. : an earthworm used as bait

2. : a worm parasitic in or on fishes

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/fish"werrm'/, n. Chiefly New Eng. and Northern and Midland U.S.

an earthworm.

[1850-55, Amer.; FISH + WORM]

Regional Variation. See earthworm.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.