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earthworm
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earth·worm
/ ˈər[unvoicedth]ˌwərm/
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a burrowing annelid (Lumbricus, Allolobophora, and other genera, family Lumbricidae) that lives in the soil.
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 "Weekly Reader, Edition K (including Science Spin)")
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Earthworms squirm!(Science)
Magazine article from: Weekly Reader, Edition K (including Science Spin); 5/1/2006; 700+ words
; ...clitellum and is where an earthworm carries its eggs. * Baby earthworms hatch from eggs...information about earthworms and some earthworm experiments, go...near it. Make an earthworm farm. Collect earthworms from a garden or...
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Darwin, Earthworms & Circadian Rhythms: A Fertile Field for Science Fair Experiments
Magazine article from: The American Biology Teacher; 2/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...nocturnal earthworm. Intrigued...how smart earthworms were. After...Even though earthworms are monecious...The common earthworm comes to the...Unusual Earthworm Relatives As you read about earthworms, you will...
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Earthworm invasion will change northern forests.
Newspaper article from: Life Science Weekly; 8/25/2003; 700+ words
; ...invaded by animals that have never lived there: earthworms. A boon to gardeners, earthworms from Europe wreak destruction on the leaf...implicates human activity in the spread of earthworms and strengthens the idea that earthworms significantly...
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'Earthworm' surfaces with three partners. (Earthworm Jim animated TV series)
Magazine article from: Video Business; 3/8/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Video will premiere eight episodes of Earthworm Jim on four cassettes at $9.98 each...March 25. The episodes are based on the Earthworm Jim videogame hit, which also inspired...limited-edition, individually numbered Earthworm Jim action figure, which will be available...
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Earthworm Jim opens up a whole can o' worms.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 6/19/1996; ; 700+ words
; ``EARTHWORM Jim'' is to video games what the...size of normal, will be delighted. ``Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can o' Worms...faithfully reproduces the original ``Earthworm Jim'' game, released in late 1994...
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 "Daily Telegram (Superior, WI)")
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Earthworm invaders.
Newspaper article from: Daily Telegram (Superior, WI); 5/5/2007; 700+ words
; ...uncommon to see swarms of earthworms wriggling on the street and...almost guaranteed to see an earthworm or two. Would it surprise...have no native terrestrial earthworms? If there ever were native earthworms in the Great Lakes region...
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Earthworm Activity Can Alter Forests' Carbon-Carrying Capabilities.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 10/27/2008; 700+ words
; ...to determine the earthworms' effect on forest...forests that vary in earthworm activity. Some earthworms eat fallen leaves...decreases because of earthworm activity. However...remains. After earthworms feed on forest litter...
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Tropical Earthworm Biomass And Density Production
Magazine article from: Compost Science & Utilization; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Mondragon 2006) earthworms in microcosms...focus on in situ earthworm reproduction, because...done with endogeic earthworm cultures in microcosm...so as to reduce earthworm hand-sorting. Earthworms were weighed, counted...
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Exotic earthworm invasions in North America: ecological and policy implications. (Articles).
Magazine article from: BioScience; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...importation of earthworms. Regulatory...in reducing earthworm introductions...the status of earthworms in North America...with exotic earthworm invasions...potential risks of earthworm importation. Native earthworms in North America...
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Exotic earthworm invasion increases soil carbon and nitrogen in an old-growth forest in southern Quebec.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Forest Research; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...suggests that earthworm invasion...to >10 earthworms x [m.sup...large native earthworm population. Exotic earthworms have been introduced...species of earthworms have been introduced...that exotic earthworm invasion in...
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earthworm
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...American and European earthworm, Lumbricus terrestris...dissection and study. Earthworms are also used as live...species delicacies. The earthworm's greatest service...invaluable function of the earthworm was first pointed out...by Charles Darwin. Earthworms are classified in the...
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Annelida
Book article from: Animal Sciences
...Annelida includes three main groups: the earthworms, the leeches, and the bristleworms...nervous, and excretory systems. In the earthworms and bristleworms, but not the leeches...is secreted by the epidermis . Both earthworms and bristleworms also possess hairlike...
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Brain
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
...process information. The brain of an earthworm, for example, consists of a pair of...animal's head end. Suppose that an earthworm encounters some external stimulus, such...along a pair of nerves in each of the earthworm's segments. These nerves carry the...
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Respiratory System
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...quickly. Some animals, such as the earthworm, use the entire body surface as a respiratory...air. As a result, animals such as the earthworm must live in damp places. Internal respiratory...environment that is easier to keep moist. The earthworm uses its moist outer skin as a respiratory...
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Decomposers
Book article from: Plant Sciences
...involved in decomposition vary from earthworms that drag leaves into their burrows...trees, we can see little volcano-like earthworm mounds. Mushrooms in our gardens and...Other bacteria in the gut "tubes" of earthworms partially decompose plant fragments...
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