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fishworm

[fish-wurm]

fish·worm

[fish-wurm]
noun Chiefly New England and Northern and Midland U.S.
an earthworm.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; fish + worm


See earthworm.

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fishworm

noun
terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers 
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