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Nightcrawler

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
  2. 2
    terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers wordnet
  3. 3
    More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling. Northern-US, US, Western

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From night + crawler.

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