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    RED WORM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    angleworm; crawler; dew worm; earthworm; fishing worm; fishworm; nightcrawler; nightwalker; red worm; wiggler

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("red worm" is a kind of...):

    oligochaete; oligochaete worm (hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body)

    Holonyms ("red worm" is a member of...):

    class Oligochaeta; Oligochaeta (earthworms)

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