
1) Angleworm 2) Annelid 3) Fishworm 4) Nightcrawler 5) Nightwalker
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1) Angleworm 2) Bait shop critter 3) Burrowing creature 4) Crawler 5) Creature in soil 6) Dew worm 7) Exclusively Saxon word 8) Exclusively Anglo word 9) Fishing worm 10) Fishworm 11) Invertebrate 12) Live bait 13) Night crawler 14) Nightcrawler 15) Nightwalker 16) Oligochaete 17) Oligochaete worm 18) Red worm
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An earthworm is a tube-shaped, segmented animal commonly found living in soil, that feeds on live and dead organic matter. Its digestive system runs through the length of its body. It conducts respiration through its skin. An earthworm has a double transport system composed of coelomic fluid that moves within the fluid-filled coelom and a simple, ...
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• (n.) A mean, sordid person; a niggard. • (n.) 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.
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A common term for any of the many different fishing worms, including night crawlers (two words), garden worms, leaf worms, dillys, and red wigglers.
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any one of more than 1,800 species of terrestrial worms of the class Oligochaeta (phylum Annelida)in particular, members of the genus Lumbricus. ... [15 related articles]
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Earth'worm` noun 1. (Zoology) 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
Latin terrestris ; many others are known; -- called also
angleworm and
dewworm .
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The earthworm (Lumbrlcusterrestris) is a genus of common worms, of the natural order Oligochaeta, belonging to the abranchiate (having no branchiae, or external respiratory organs) section of the class Annelida. They have a long, cylindrical body, divided by transverse furrows into numerous rings. The mouth is destitute of teeth, and they have no e...
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[
n] - terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil
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the common name given to annelids within the Class Oligocheata. Earthworms are very important for introducing organic matter to soil.
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Estimates say that up to 7.5 million earthworms live in every hectare of ground. They are essential to the health of the soil, they draw organic matter down, bring subsoil up and their burrows assist drainage and aeration.
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angleworm noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
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Annelid worm of the class Oligochaeta. Earthworms are hermaphroditic and deposit their eggs in cocoons. They live by burrowing in the soil, feeding on the organic matter it contains. They are vital to the formation of humus, aerating the soil and levelling it by transferring earth from the deeper lev...
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terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil
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