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Often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet
Answer for the clue "Often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet ", 12 letters:
nightcrawler
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Nightcrawler or nightcrawlers may refer to:
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
nightcrawler \nightcrawler\ n. A terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; an earthworm. It often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet, and is used as bait by anglers. The term is used mostly in the northern and western U. S. Syn: earthworm, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An earthworm of the species (taxlink Lumbricus terrestris species noshow=1), known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings. 2 (context chiefly Northern US Western US English) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers [syn: earthworm , angleworm , fishworm , fishing worm , wiggler , nightwalker , crawler , dew worm , red worm ]
Usage examples of nightcrawler.
But finally, after twelve years, he pinpointed the location of the ivory: it was on Belamone XI, a frigid little oxygen world inhabited by the Nightcrawlers, snakelike beings that had recently pledged their allegiance to the Republic.
She undogs the hatchcover and pushes it open, hooking one calf through the ladder for purchase, her toe curled around a bar for a moment before she pulls herself forward and slithers through the opening like a nightcrawler into leafy loam.