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Definition of Dew worm
1. Noun. Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers.
Group relationships: Class Oligochaeta, Oligochaeta
Generic synonyms: Oligochaete, Oligochaete Worm
Derivative terms: Crawl, Wiggle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dew Worm
Literary usage of Dew worm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Natural History by Edward Charlesworth (1830)
"The dew- worm delights in humidity: it is necessary to its existence. But what
instinctive presentiment can the worms have that rain is about to fall ? ..."
2. The Visitor, Or, Monthly Instructor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1848)
"The lob, or large dew-worm, is esteemed the favourite. ... Each is taking a large
lob, or dew-worm, inserting the point of his hook a short way below the ..."
3. The Complete Angler: Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a by Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton (1875)
"... the dew-worm, which some also call the lob-worm, and the brandling, are the
chief; and especially the first for a great Trout, and the latter for a less ..."
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