nightcrawler

English

Lumbricus terrestris

Etymology

night +‎ crawler

Noun

nightcrawler (plural nightcrawlers)

1. An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
2. (chiefly Northern US, Western US) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.

Translations

Lumbricus terrestris

• Finnish: kasteliero (fi), kastemato (fi)
• German: Aalwurm m, Gemeiner Regenwurm m, Tauwurm m
• Ingrian: öömato
• Russian: обыкнове́нный дождево́й че́рвь m (obyknovénnyj doždevój čérvʹ)
• Spanish: lombriz (es) f

large earthworm used as bait

• Finnish: onkimato, onkiliero
• Spanish: carnada (es) f, cebo (es) m

References

• Lumbricus terrestris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lumbricus terrestris on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lumbricus terrestris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons