| NOUN | animal | earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm | terrestrial / terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil |
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| Sounds | er'thwer.m | |
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| Rhymes | affirm ... worm: 26 rhymes with erm... | |
| Meaning | terrestrial / terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers. | |
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| Synonyms | angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm | |
| Member of | Oligochaeta, class Oligochaeta | earthworms |
| Broader | oligochaete, oligochaete worm | hermaphroditic terrestrial / terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body |
| Spanish | gusano, lombriz | |
| Catalan | cuc de terra, llambric | |
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