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nightcrawler
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nightcrawler has 1 sense
- nightcrawler(n = noun.animal) angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler - terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers; Array is a member of class oligochaeta, oligochaeta
is a kind of oligochaete, oligochaete worm
CIDE DICTIONARY
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. [WordNet 1.5]
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