Nightcrawler

2 definitions found

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

  nightcrawler \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.
  


     Syn: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler,
          nightwalker, dew worm, red worm.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nightcrawler
       n : terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil;
           often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as
           bait by anglers [syn: {earthworm}, {angleworm}, {fishworm},
            {fishing worm}, {wiggler}, {nightwalker}, {crawler}, {dew
           worm}, {red worm}]