'nightcrawler' definitions:
Definition of 'nightcrawler'
From: WordNet
noun
Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers [syn: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm]
Definition of 'nightcrawler'
From: GCIDE
- nightcrawler \nightcrawler\ n. A terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; an earthworm. It often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet, and is used as bait by anglers. The term is used mostly in the northern and western U. S.
- Syn: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, dew worm, red worm. [WordNet 1.5]