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