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nightcrawlers

nightcrawlers is the plural of nightcrawler.

Meaning of nightcrawler

Noun

nightcrawler (plural nightcrawlers)

  1. An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
  2. (Northern-US, US, Western) More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling.
  3. A person or creature who prowls in the night-time.
    • Arc lights slashed the cool air along the neon facades of bars and after-hours clubs. Street musicians shrilled. And the nameless nightcrawlers huddled in doorways […]1995, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert E. Weinberg, Martin Harry Greenberg, 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (page 147)

Questions about nightcrawlers

What is nightcrawlers the plural of?
Nightcrawlers is the plural of nightcrawler.

Words near nightcrawlers in the dictionary

  1. nightclubby
  2. nightclublike
  3. nightclubs
  4. nightcore
  5. nightcrawler
  6. nightcrawlers
  7. nightdream
  8. nightdreaming
  9. nightdreams
  10. nightdress
  11. nightdressed

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