dew worm
noun North American
An earthworm, in particular one that is used as fishing bait.In addition, fertilizers and even some plastics can be toxic to dew worms and African night crawlers....
- The fishermen use dew worms which are collected during the night after the rain by the light of a hand-lamp.
- The declared number of dew worms exported to the United States was about 500 million in 1978.
Origin
Old English deaw-wyrm 'ringworm'; compare with East Frisian dauworm, denoting both ringworm and the earthworm.
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