| nightcrawler | n. A terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; an earthworm. It often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet, and is used as bait by anglers. The term is used mostly in the northern and western U. S. |
| earthworm | (n) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers, Syn. fishing worm, crawler, dew worm, angleworm, wiggler, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, fishworm |