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earthworm [ˈɜːθwɜːm] N

earthworm

蚯蚓 qiūyǐn

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Special ventral setae are used to anchor mating earthworms by their penetration into the bodies of their mates. en.wikipedia.org

It reduces the numbers of most macrofauna, including, for example, earthworm numbers (important in maintaining structural quality of the topsoil for plant growth). en.wikipedia.org

In different earthworm families, the typhlosole appears to have multiple origins. en.wikipedia.org

In an aquarium habitat, earthworms provide the newt with all necessary nutrients. en.wikipedia.org

It is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, earthworms and berries. en.wikipedia.org

They mainly eat insects and earthworms, also plant material. en.wikipedia.org

They also take tenebrionid beetles and ants, and in captivity prefer earthworms and mealworms. en.wikipedia.org

Some slugs are predators and eat other slugs and snails, or earthworms. en.wikipedia.org

Unlike the short-beaked echidna, which eats ants and termites, the long-beaked species eats earthworms. en.wikipedia.org

Though they were supposedly once earthworms, the head of the fiendwurm is completely unlike an earthworm's eyeless, tubular, all-mouth, head, and instead is almost draconic. en.wikipedia.org

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