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How to pronounce earthworm in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms angleworm, crawler, dew worm, fishing worm, fishworm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler
Type of oligochaete, oligochaete worm

Examples of earthworm

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Most of the earthworm species found in the Northeast are not native to the area.
From the sciencedaily.com
The team liken their invention to the simple one-chamber heart of an earthworm.
From the newscientist.com
It added to the film, because I was photographed glamorously, but as an earthworm.
From the time.com
The researchers also found that biochar did not affect earthworm reproduction.
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It also can help smooth out bumpy lawns blessed with healthy earthworm populations.
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The more specific, modern sense of worm as earthworm, ringworm, tapeworm etc.
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The Meshworm's movements are modeled almost exactly on that of the earthworm.
From the businessweek.com
Instead, Kim and his colleagues looked to the earthworm for design guidance.
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Warmer temperatures and thawing turf draw them to open, earthworm-infested backyards.
From the post-gazette.com
More examples
  • Terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
  • Earthworm is the common name for the largest members of Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author) in the phylum Annelida. ...
  • The Earthworm is hip-hop group LPG's first album. It was released under Brainstorm Records in 1995. It is considered a classic in the early christian hip hop scene. ----
  • A worm that lives in the ground; a worm of Lumbricidae family, or, more generally, of Lumbricina suborder; A disparaging reference to a person, particularly one who grovels; A figurative reference to death
  • (Earthworms (as a representative of macrofauna)) Because in many soils in the temperate zone these organisms are, in terms of biomass and function, the most important invertebrates, often acting as ecosystem engineers, they should be monitored using species composition, number, and biomass. ...
  • A common term for any of the many different fishing worms, including night crawlers (two words), garden worms, leaf worms, dillys, and red wigglers.
  • A derogatory term for people from House Red Star.
  • A segmented worm of the Phylum Annelida, most of whose 4400 species are terrestrial.