red worm

Questions about red worm

What does red worm mean?

red worm means "terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers".

What is another word for red worm?

Close synonyms include earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red worm a common word?

red worm is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.