Muck″worm′ (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; — applied to the larvæ of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
2. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. “Misers are muckworms.” Pope.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.