earthworm

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Noun

earthworm (plural earthworms)

1. A worm that lives in the ground.
2. A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
3. (figurative) A contemptible person; a groveller.

Synonyms

• (a ground-living worm) rainworm, groundworm; wiggler, red worm, red wiggler (Southern US); nightwalker (New England); nightcrawler (Northern US, Western US); dew worm (US Great Lakes region, Canada)

Translations

• French: ver de terre, lombric (formal), lèche (Louisiana)
• German: (usual) Regenwurm; (other names) Aalwurm, Erdwurm, Tauwurm; (biology) Gemeiner Regenwurm
• Italian: lombrico
• Portuguese: minhoca
• Russian: дождево́й че́рвь
• Spanish: lombriz de tierra, gusano de tierra

Translations

• German: Kriecher
• Russian: червя́к

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