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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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