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Definition of Earthworms
1. earthworm [n] - See also: earthworm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthworms
Literary usage of Earthworms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"Closely related to the earthworms and similar in structure are numerous other
worms which are essentially aquatic. These also, with certain exceptions, ..."
2. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"Our knowledge of this group, as of so many others, dates from Aristotle, who
called the earthworms the " intestines of the earth. ..."
3. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1906)
"2 The earthworms of the Maldive and Laccadive Islands. ... On the old and some
new species of earthworms belonging to the genus ..."
4. A Text-book of Zoogeography by Frank Evers Beddard (1895)
"As a rule earthworms are killed by salt water; there are exceptions such as the
... experiments show that earthworms can be kept for some days immersed in ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1895)
"This evening I describe a series of earthworms from Tasmania, and I have to thank
Mr. A. Simson, of Launceston, Mr. A. Morton, of the Tasmanian Museum, ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1885)
"V. Note on the Structure of the Body- Wall in certain earthworms. ... Although up
to the present but few of the numerous genera of earthworms have been ..."
7. Elementary Textbook of Economic Zoology and Entomology by Vernon Lyman Kellogg, Rennie Wilbur Doane (1915)
"Darwin was the first to call attention to the great good that the earthworms do
by opening up the soil so water can enter, enabling plant roots to penetrate ..."
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