earthworm
n.
type of worm that burrows in soil
Earthworm
Earthworm is the common name for the largest members of the
Oligochaeta (which is either a class or subclass depending on the author) in the phylum
Annelida. In classical systems they were placed in the order Opisthopora, on the basis of the male pores opening to the outside of the body posterior to the female pores, even though the male segments are anterior to the female.
Cladistic studies have supported placing them instead in the suborder Lumbricina of the order Haplotaxida. Folk names for earthworm include "dew-worm", "rainworm", "night crawler" and "angleworm".
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earthworm
Noun
1. terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
(synonym) angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm
(hypernym) oligochaete, oligochaete worm
(member-holonym) Oligochaeta, class Oligochaeta
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