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earthworm
CIDE DICTIONARY
earthworm, n.
- Any worm of the genus
Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America isL. terrestris ; many others are known; -- called alsoangleworm anddewworm . [1913 Webster] - A mean, sordid person; a niggard. Norris. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
earthworm, n. any of various annelid worms, esp. of the genus Lumbricus or Allolobophora, living and burrowing in the ground.
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