ALL meanings of earthworm
earth·worm
E e - noun earthworm invertebrate that lives in soil 1
- noun earthworm A burrowing annelid worm that lives in the soil. Earthworms play an important role in aerating and draining the soil and in burying organic matter. 1
- noun earthworm any one of numerous annelid worms that burrow in soil and feed on soil nutrients and decaying organic matter. 1
- noun earthworm Archaic. a mean or groveling person. 1
- noun earthworm A worm that lives in the ground. 0
- noun earthworm A worm of the Lumbricidae family, or, more generally, of the Lumbricina suborder. 0
- noun earthworm (figuratively) A contemptible person. 0
- noun earthworm (figuratively) Death. 0
- countable noun earthworm An earthworm is a kind of worm which lives in the ground. 0
- noun earthworm any of numerous oligochaete worms of the genera Lumbricus, Allolobophora, Eisenia, etc, which burrow in the soil and help aerate and break up the ground 0
- noun earthworm any of a number of oligochaetous worms that burrow in the soil, esp. any of a genus (Lumbricus) very important in aerating and fertilizing the soil 0