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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Zoöl.)

Any worm of the genus

Lumbricus

and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is

L. terrestris

; many others are known; – called also

angleworm

and

dewworm

A mean, sordid person; a niggard.

Norris.

Noun.

The dew worm, a species of Lumbricus; a worm that lives under ground.

A mean sordid wretch.