Definition of Earthworms

1. Noun. (plural of earthworm) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Earthworms

1. earthworm [n] - See also: earthworm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthworms

earthsman
earthsmen
earthspace
earthstar
earthstars
earthtongue
earthward
earthwards
earthware
earthwares
earthwax
earthwolf
earthwork
earthworks
earthworm
earthworms
earthy
earthy water
earware
earwax
earwaxes
earwear
earwig
earwigged
earwigging
earwiggy
earwigs
earwitness
earwitnesses
earworm

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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