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WORMCAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wormcast mean?
• WORMCAST (noun)
The noun WORMCAST has 2 senses:
1. cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm
2. fossil trail of a worm
Familiarity information: WORMCAST used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("wormcast" is a kind of...):
body waste; excrement; excreta; excretion; excretory product (waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fossil trail of a worm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("wormcast" is a kind of...):
fossil (the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil)
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