How do you use Earthworm in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like crawler or nightcrawler, plus the exact meaning.
Earthworm meaning
- A worm that lives in the ground.
- A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
- A contemptible person; a groveller.
Synonyms of Earthworm
Using Earthworm
- The main meaning on this page is: A worm that lives in the ground. | A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina. | A contemptible person; a groveller.
- Useful related words include: angleworm, oligochaete, red worm, dew worm.
- In the example corpus, earthworm often appears in combinations such as: an earthworm, earthworm activity, of earthworm.
Context around Earthworm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Earthworm
- In this selection, "earthworm" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, using, poor, native, activity, species and food stand out and add context to how "earthworm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and other earthworm activity be and and perhaps earthworm tractors 1936. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "earthworm" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with earthworm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Worms Earthworm nervous system. (4 words)
A common example of this is earthworm. (7 words)
How can nightcrawlers and other earthworm activity be controlled? (9 words)
He was always unusual, stubbornly himself – and he always had the obsession with Nature, “from the time I was born… My first solo outing was when I was two, my mum came and found me in a wet flowerbed, holding an earthworm and studying it”. (45 words)
For a new body plan—a new phylum —to spring into existence, what actually has to happen on the ground is that a child is born which suddenly, out of the blue, is as different from its parents as a snail is from an earthworm. (45 words)
By this time, the caecilian has constructed a burrow and is living on land. citation The ringed caecilian (Siphonops annulatus) resembles an earthworm In the majority of species of caecilians, the young are produced by vivipary. (36 words)
How can nightcrawlers and other earthworm activity be controlled? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
He was always unusual, stubbornly himself – and he always had the obsession with Nature, “from the time I was born… My first solo outing was when I was two, my mum came and found me in a wet flowerbed, holding an earthworm and studying it”.
Jumping worms are an earthworm species that were likely introduced to the North American continent by European settlers in the 18th century, according to the Invasive Species Centre.
Others have less obvious names, like cat’s-eye, which consists of clusters of dots; and earthworm, or thick, mottled lines in waves or loops.
They then establish persistence -- for example by using EarthWorm, a fast reverse proxy, to set up command and control callbacks, allowing them to gather information about local drives.
How can nightcrawlers and other earthworm activity be controlled?
Bob Butsch prepares to feed an earthworm to amphibians in the herpetarium at the Dallas Zoo.
These materials are very important because they act as the first layer of earthworm food.
This is some amazing artwork and also would make a great reboot for poor Earthworm Jim.
Massive agricultural development in the Palouse prairies of eastern Washington state this native earthworm.
They soon realized the many benefits cover crops provide, such as holding soil in place to discourage erosion, while encouraging earthworm populations and creating a habitat for other beneficial insects to help control pest insects.
You can even watch some earthworms having sex right cut an earthworm in half, the head might grow a new tail, but the original tail will die.
A common example of this is earthworm.
By this time, the caecilian has constructed a burrow and is living on land. citation The ringed caecilian (Siphonops annulatus) resembles an earthworm In the majority of species of caecilians, the young are produced by vivipary.
Earthworm humus ( vermicompost ) is considered by some to be the best organic manure there is.
For a new body plan—a new phylum —to spring into existence, what actually has to happen on the ground is that a child is born which suddenly, out of the blue, is as different from its parents as a snail is from an earthworm.
Soil samples show fine wind-blown sand, no trace of earthworm activity, reduced rainfall and indications of a drier and windier climate.
Some earthworm families (e.g. Ocnerodrilidae, Acanthodrilidae, Octochaetidae) are found in South America and Africa, for instance.
Some of the Joe E Brown comedies also could be said to fall into this category, particularly Broadminded (1931) and perhaps Earthworm Tractors (1936).
The first earthworm was found in a soil sample in 1993, probably carried over from Heimaey by a bird.
Worms Earthworm nervous system.
Common combinations with earthworm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an earthworm 6×
- earthworm activity 2×
- of earthworm 2×
- earthworm in 2×