Nouns

(n)sycophant, toady, crawler, lackey, ass-kissera person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
(n)crawler, creepera person who crawls or creeps along the ground
(n)earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red wormterrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers