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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024earth•worm /ˈɜrθˌwɜrm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Invertebratesa long worm that has segments or rings on its body and that burrows in soil.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024earth•worm (ûrth′wûrm′),USA pronunciation n. - Invertebratesany one of numerous annelid worms that burrow in soil and feed on soil nutrients and decaying organic matter.
- [Archaic.]a mean or groveling person.
- late Middle English ertheworm. See earth, worm 1400–50
The earthworm, a commonly used bait for angling, is also called an angleworm in the Northern U.S. and a fishworm in the Northern and Midland U.S. and in New England. It is called a fishing worm in parts of the Midland and Southern U.S., and a wiggler in the Southern U.S.Because the worm often comes to the surface of the earth when the ground is cool or wet, it is also called a nightwalker in New England, a nightcrawler, chiefly in the Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S., and a dew worm, chiefly in the Inland North and Canada. It is also called a red worm in the North Central, South Midland, and Southern U.S. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: earthworm /ˈɜːθˌwɜːm/ n - any of numerous oligochaete worms of the genera Lumbricus, Allolobophora, Eisenia, etc, which burrow in the soil and help aerate and break up the ground
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