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EARTHWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does earthworm mean? 

EARTHWORM (noun)
  The noun EARTHWORM has 1 sense:

1. terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglersplay

  Familiarity information: EARTHWORM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EARTHWORM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

angleworm; crawler; dew worm; earthworm; fishing worm; fishworm; nightcrawler; nightwalker; red worm; wiggler

Hypernyms ("earthworm" is a kind of...):

oligochaete; oligochaete worm (hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body)

Holonyms ("earthworm" is a member of...):

class Oligochaeta; Oligochaeta (earthworms)


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