Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crawler"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crawler \Crawl"er\ (kr?l"?r), n.
One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crawler
n 1: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a
personal advantage [syn: {sycophant}, {toady}, {lackey}]
2: a person who crawls or creeps along the ground [syn: {creeper}]
3: 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}, {nightcrawler},
{dew worm}, {red worm}]
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