Earthworm

Word EARTHWORM
Character 9
Hyphenation earth worm
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Earthworm"

What do we mean by earthworm?

Any of various terrestrial annelid worms of the class Oligochaeta, especially those of the family Lumbricidae, that burrow into and help aerate and enrich soil. noun

The common name of the worms of the family Lumbricidæ (which see), and especially of the genus Lumbricus, of which there are several species, one of the best-known being L. terrestris. noun

Figuratively, a mean, sordid wretch. noun

Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm. noun

A mean, sordid person; a niggard. noun

A worm that lives in the ground; a worm of Lumbricidae family, or, more generally, of Lumbricina suborder. noun

This sense?) (derogatory) A person, particularly one who grovels. noun

Death. noun

Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers noun

A worm that lives in the ground.

A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.

A contemptible person; a groveller.

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The word "earthworm" in example sentences

I have selected an unfortunate earthworm from the backyard and will be giving it to the planarian soon. ❋ AYDIN (2009)

My Ph.D. thesis concerned the metabolic mechanism by which the end product of nitrogen metabolism in the earthworm is switched from ammonia to urea during starvation. ❋ Unknown (1987)

As far as a nine foot long earthworm, that isn't the scariest earthworm. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

Such apparent exceptions as earthworms, centipedes, and snakes are not difficult to explain, for the earthworm is a burrower which eats its way through the soil, the centipede's long body is supported by numerous hard legs, and the snake pushes itself along by means of the large ventral scales to which the lower ends of very numerous ribs are attached. ❋ J. Arthur Thomson (1897)

As logically we might say: 'All birds are bilaterally symmetrical; the earthworm is bilaterally symmetrical; therefore the earthworm is a bird.' ❋ Martha Meir Allen (1890)

[[File: Eat earthworm. jpg | thumb | 250px | left | The earthworm is a meal.]] ❋ Unknown (2009)

Likening him to an "earthworm", the MIC Youth adviser said the Penaga assemblyman was both deaf and blind. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the absence of soil inversion, soil organic carbon levels increased and soil biology, such as earthworm levels increased, he said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Even the Oregon giant earthworm, which is clearly very rare, has a mix of habitat and little pockets of things here and there -- that species has a much better chance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I swim through and feel like an earthworm, pushing warm tunnels through the softdirt. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words — imagine what I would have done with my fire-breathing fists. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The striking behaviour, found in the earthworm Eisenia fetida, is the first time that any type of worm, or annelid, has been shown to form active herds. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“We can consider the earthworm behaviour as equivalent the of a herd or swarm.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

Shiny, striped and pygmy woodlice slunk into crevices while a dozen pallid pot worms squirmed placidly in the damper areas; one of their larger relatives – a grey earthworm – lay listless but alive on the black soil. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The bird probably had succumbed to cold and starvation; the closest earthworm (actually, the closest earth) being in a small park almost a mile away. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words -- imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists. ❋ Unknown (2011)

While preschoolers are doing these motions, they think that they are wiggling like an earthworm, jumping over mud-puddles or even rowing a boat. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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