Muckworm

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Muckworm \Muck"worm`\ (m[u^]k"w[^u]rm`), n.
     1. (Zool.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; --
        applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied
        beetles.
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     2. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices;
        a miser. "Misers are muckworms." --Pope.
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