nightwalker

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

* night + walker * (vampire): since they are traditionally said to avoid sunlight and go out at night.

For three months his men and mine guarded the valley, till all robbers and nightwalkers learned there was nothing to get from us save hard tack and a hanging. — Puck of Pook's Hill, Rudyard Kipling

earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm

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