groundling

Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially

Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially:

The spined loach (Cobitis taenia), weather loach (Misgurnus fossilis), or other member of the loaches.

Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially:

The ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.

Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially:

A dragonfly of the genus Brachythemis.

Any of various plants or animals living on or near the ground, as a benthic fish or bottom feeder, especially:

A moth of the genus Condica

An audience member in the cheap section (usually standing; originally in Elizabethan theater).

A person of uncultivated or uncultured taste.

One who is confined to the ground, especially

One who is confined to the ground, especially:

A soldier who fights on the ground or serves as ground crew, as opposed to a seaman, pilot, etc.

One who is confined to the ground, especially:

A member of a race that lives primarily underground, such as a dwarf.

Adam, before eating the apple of knowledge of good and evil (emphasizing his creation from the ground).