Noun: fishing worm
- Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
"Nightcrawlers are popular fishing worms among anglers";
- earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, wiggler, nightwalker [N. Amer], nightcrawler [N. Amer], crawler, dew worm, red worm
Derived forms: fishing worms
Type of: oligochaete, oligochaete worm
Part of: class Oligochaeta, Oligochaeta