• (n.) One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. • (n.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/muckworm/
Muck'worm` noun 1. (Zoology) 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. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/110