redworm

Etymology

From red + worm.

redworm means A type of small, reddish earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus, used as bait in angling; also, in later use, the brandling, Eisenia foetida. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

noun

A type of small, reddish earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus, used as bait in angling; also, in later use, the brandling, Eisenia foetida.“It could have been that you rose just before dawn and quickly tended your chores then dug a bucket of redworms out of the compost pile and pulled your cane pole out from under the porch and took off, up the creek.”
A parasitic worm of the family Strongylidae, which causes anaemia in many vertebrates.