earthworm

English - Turkish

Definition of earthworm in English Turkish dictionary

yersolucanı

{i} yer solucanı

{i} solucan

Bir solucan bir çiftçinin en iyi dostudur. - The earthworm is a gardener's best friend.

Solucan ona dokunduğumda kıvrıldı. - The earthworm wriggled when I touched it.

{i} toprak solucanı

Lumbricus terrestris

yer solucan

Related Terms

earthworm breeder

solucan damızlık

earthworm, worm

solucan, solucan

English - English

Definition of earthworm in English English dictionary

A disparaging reference to a person, particularly one who grovels

A figurative reference to death

A worm that lives in the ground; a worm of Lumbricidae family, or, more generally, of Lumbricina suborder

{n} a worm, a poor or mean wretch

{i} type of worm that burrows in soil

A mean, sordid person; a niggard

Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil

An earthworm is a kind of worm which lives in the ground. a common type of long thin brown worm that lives in soil. Any of more than 1,800 species of terrestrial worms, particularly members of the genus Lumbricus (class Oligochaeta of the annelid order). Earthworms exist in all soils of the world that have sufficient moisture and organic content. The most common U.S. species, L. terrestris, grows to about 10 in. (25 cm), but an Australian species can grow as long as 11 ft (3.3 m). The segmented body is tapered at both ends. Earthworms eat decaying organisms and, in the process, ingest soil, sand, and pebbles, which aerates the soil, promotes drainage, and improves the soil's nutrient content for plants. Earthworms are eaten by many animals

One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L

terrestris; many others are known; called also angleworm and dewworm

terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers

{i} angleworm

{i} nightcrawler

groundworm

They are scheming and talking, as if they belonged, like a toad or a ground-worm, to the acre on which they were born:.

Related Terms

An earthworm

mad

The earthworm

earthmad

earthworms

plural of earthworm

Hyphenation

earth·worm

Turkish pronunciation

ırthwırm

Synonyms

groundworm

Pronunciation

/ˈərᴛʜˌwərm/ /ˈɜrθˌwɜrm/

Etymology

[ -"w&rm ] (noun.) 14th century. earth +‎ worm