angleworm

noun

1. (Northern-US)An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.

   “A bird came down the walk : / He did not know I saw ; / He bit an angle-worm in halves / And ate the fellow, raw.”

   “He turned again to where his clan In one astounding tangle With eager haste together ran To slay the helpless angle”