earthworm in the PONS Dictionary

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For example, a giant elephant shrew struggling with an earthworm must first pin its prey to the ground with a forefoot.
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The diet mostly consists of small prey that do not move too fast such as beetles, caterpillars, earthworms and spiders.
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As soil develops, earthworms and ants alter soil characteristics.
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The diet of this hardy-built animal consists of earthworms, termites, insect larvae and ants.
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It reduces the numbers of most macrofauna, including, for example, earthworm numbers (important in maintaining structural quality of the topsoil for plant growth).
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This armoured annelid worm is the relative of the modern-day earthworm, leech and bristleworm.
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Some slugs are predators and eat other slugs and snails, or earthworms.
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Special ventral setae are used to anchor mating earthworms by their penetration into the bodies of their mates.
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Boiled eggs, silkworms, and earthworms can also be fed to them.
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Unlike the short-beaked echidna, which eats ants and termites, the long-beaked species eats earthworms.
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