groundling

noun

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

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

3. The ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula.

4. A dragonfly of the genus Brachythemis.

5. A moth of the genus Condica

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

7. A person of uncultivated or uncultured taste.

8. One who is confined to the ground, especially:

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

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

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