anecic

English

Adjective

anecic (not comparable)

1. (of earthworms) Building deep vertical burrows and surfacing to feed.
   • 2013 February 3, I.M. Lubbers et al., “Greenhouse gas emissions from soils increased by earthworms”, in Nature Climate Change‎^[1]:

     “... (1) anecic species, which feed on fresh litter from the soil surface and pull it deep into the soil in permanent burrows...”

Translations

of earthworms: building deep vertical burrows and surfacing to feed

• French: anécique (fr)
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• Portuguese: anécico

Anagrams

• Cecina, cecina