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語源

From Middle English erthe-worm, erþe-worm, erþe worm (also as worm of þe erthe, worm of þe erþe), equivalent to earth +‎ worm. Compare Saterland Frisian Äidwurm (“earthworm”), West Frisian ierdwjirm (“earthworm”), Dutch aardworm (“earthworm”), less common German Erdwurm (“earthworm”).

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名詞

earthworm (複数形 earthworms)

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

同意語

• (a ground-living worm): rainworm, groundworm; wiggler, red worm, red wiggler (Southern 米国用法); nightwalker (New England); nightcrawler (Northern 米国用法, Western 米国用法); dew worm (米国用法 Great Lakes region, Canada)

下位語

• (a ground-living worm): baitworm; fishworm (Northern 米国用法, Central 米国用法); angleworm (Northern 米国用法); fishing worm (Southern 米国用法) - fish bait

参照

• “earthworm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• earthworm at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Earthworm on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• heartworm