red worm

/rɛd wərm/

Other forms: red worms

Definitions of red worm

1. noun

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

   type of:

   oligochaete, oligochaete worm

   hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body