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Meaning of Earthworm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɜː(ɹ)θˌwɜː(ɹ)m

Definitions

  1. A worm that lives in the ground.
  2. A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
  3. A contemptible person; a groveller.
    figuratively

Equivalents

العربية خُرْطُون دودة الأرض
Azərbaycanca soxulcan
Български дъждо́вен че́рвей
বাংলা কেঁচো
Bosanski glista guja trun глиста гуја
Català cuc de terra
Čeština dešťovka žížala žížalí
Cymraeg abwydyn mwydyn pryf genwair
Dansk regnorm
Deutsch Aalwurm Erdwurm Gemeiner Regenwurm Kriecher Regenwurm Tauwurm
Ελληνικά σκουληκαντέρα σκουλήκι
Esperanto lumbriko
Español gusano de tierra gusano terrero lambrija lombriz de tierra lombriz térrea miñosa
Euskara zizare
Suomi kasteliero kastemato kastikas liero
Français lèche lombric ver de terre
Gaeilge agaill anglach cuideog péist talún
Gàidhlig daolag
Galego lombriga miñoca mioca
עברית שלשול
हिन्दी केंचुआ
Hrvatski glista guja trun глиста гуја
Magyar földigiliszta talpnyaló
Bahasa Indonesia cacing tanah
Íslenska ánamaðkur
Italiano lombrico
日本語 蚓 蚯 蚯蚓
ქართული ჭიაყელა
한국어 蚓 蚯 蛐 螾 지렁이
Latina lumbrīcus
Lëtzebuergesch Reewuerm
ລາວ ກະເດືອນ ຖັກແທ່ ໃສ້ເດືອນ
Te Reo Māori noke
Македонски глиста
മലയാളം മണ്ണിര
मराठी गांडूळ
Bahasa Melayu cacing tanah
Nederlands aardworm regenworm
Polski dżdżownica glista
Português minhoca
Română râmă
Русский дождево́й червь земляно́й че́рвь червяк
Slovenčina dážďovka
Shqip glistër
Српски glista guja trun глиста гуја
Svenska daggmask
Kiswahili choo
தமிழ் மண்புழு
తెలుగు వానపాము
ไทย รากดิน ไส้เดือน
Türkçe yer solucanı
Tiếng Việt giun đất trùn
IsiZulu umsundu

Examples

“It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."”
“Before the study was begun, the known oligochaete fauna of Tasmania consisted of six species of aquatic microdriles, twenty-three indigenous species of megascolecid earthworms, and introduced earthworms of the family Lumbricidae.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

earthworm eel Earthworms Earthy eartip eartipping eartrumpet

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