Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The common earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) See earthworm.

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  • noun zoology The earthworm.

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

Etymologies

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dew +‎ worm

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