1. an earthworm, especially one used as fishing bait
Usage: North American

Examples

• The children dug up angleworms in the garden after the rain.
• Dad kept a container of angleworms in the refrigerator for fishing trips.
• The robin pulled a long angleworm from the wet soil.
• We need to buy some angleworms before we go fishing tomorrow.
• The angleworm wriggled as she put it on the hook.
• After the storm, angleworms covered the sidewalk.