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Noun: nightwalker  'nIt,wo-kur
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: earth worm)
  1. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
    - earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightcrawler [N. Amer], crawler, dew worm, red worm, earth worm

Derived forms: nightwalkers

Type of: oligochaete, oligochaete worm

Part of: class Oligochaeta, Oligochaeta

Encyclopedia: Nightwalker

Nearest

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nightshade
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nightside
night-sight
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nigra
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Nigroporus
Nigroporus vinosus
NIH
Ni-hard