An earthworm
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 ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /ˈɜː(ɹ)θˌwɜː(ɹ)m/
Hyphenation: earth‧worm
earthworm (plural earthworms )
A worm that lives in the ground .
1880 , Journal of Microscopy [1] , volume 3:It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."
A worm of the family Lumbricidae , or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina .
1975 , Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History): Zoology , volume 26 , page 205 :Before the study was begun, the known oligochaete fauna of Tasmania consisted of six species of aquatic microdriles, twenty-three indigenous species of megascolecid earthworms , and introduced earthworms of the family Lumbricidae.
( figurative ) A contemptible person; a groveller .
worm (animal )
Acehnese: please add this translation if you can
Albanian: rrajzë (sq) f , glistër (sq) f
Amis: 'atikak
Arabic: دُودَة الْأَرْض f ( dūda(t) al-ʔarḍ ) , خُرْطُون m ( ḵurṭūn )
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Assamese: কেঁচু ( kẽsu )
Aymara: sillq'u
Azerbaijani: soxulcan (az)
Bashkir: селәүсен ( seləwsen )
Basque: zizare
Bengali: কেঁচো (bn) ( kẽcō )
Bhojpuri: केंचुआ ( kēñcuā )
Bulgarian: дъждовен червей m ( dǎždoven červej )
Catalan: cuc de terra m , llambric m
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Cham:
Eastern Cham: laning
Western Cham: please add this translation if you can
Chamicuro: taykonono
Cherokee: ᎤᏥᏯ ( utsiya )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蚯蚓 ( jau1 jan5 )
Hakka: 䘆公 ( hién-kûng )
Hokkien: 杜蚓 ( tō͘-ún, tō͘-ín, tō͘-kún, tō͘-kín ) , 杜蚓仔 (zh-min-nan) ( tō͘-kún-á, tō͘-ún-á ) , 牛貫 / 牛贯 ( gû-kǹg ) , 塗蚓 / 涂蚓 (zh-min-nan) ( thô͘-ún )
Mandarin: 蚯蚓 (zh) ( qiūyǐn ) , 地龍 / 地龙 (zh) ( dìlóng )
Cornish: buluk ( collective ) , bulugen f
Czech: žížala (cs) f , dešťovka (cs) f
Danish: regnorm (da) c
Dutch: aardworm (nl) , regenworm (nl)
Dzongkha: ལྕོང་འབུཔ ( lcong 'bup )
Esperanto: lumbriko , tervermo
Estonian: vihmauss
Faroese: reyðmaðkur (fo) m
Finnish: kastemato (fi) , kasteliero (fi)
French: ver de terre (fr) m , lombric (fr) m ( formal ) , lèche (fr) f ( Louisiana )
Galician: miñoca (gl) f , mioca (gl) f , lombriga f
Gallo: bidjin m
Georgian: ჭიაყელა ( č̣iaq̇ela )
German: ( usual ) Regenwurm (de) m ; ( other names ) Aalwurm m , Erdwurm m , Tauwurm m ; ( biology ) Gemeiner Regenwurm m
Greek: γαιοσκώληκας m ( gaioskólikas ) , σκουληκαντέρα (el) f ( skoulikantéra )
Ancient Greek: ( Doric Greek ) γαφάγας m ( gaphágas )
Guaraní: sevo’i
Hebrew: שִׁלְשׁוּל (he) m ( shilshúl )
Hindi: केंचुआ ( kẽcuā ) , केचुआ (hi) m ( kecuā ) , केँचुवा (hi) m ( kẽcuvā ) , किञ्चिलिक (hi) m ( kiñcilik ) , दीप्तरस (hi) m ( dīptaras )
Hungarian: földigiliszta (hu)
Iban: belut
Icelandic: ánamaðkur (is) m
Ido: lombriko (io)
Indonesian: cacing tanah (id)
Irish: péist talún f , cuideog f , agaill f , anglach m
Italian: lombrico (it) m
Japanese: 蚯蚓 (ja) ( みみず , ミミズ , mimizu, きゅういん, kyūin)
Javanese: cacing lemah
Kalmyk: улан хорха ( ulan xorxa )
Komi-Permyak: нидзыв ( ńidźyv )
Korean: 지렁이 (ko) ( jireong'i )
Lao: ໃສ້ເດືອນ ( sai dư̄an ) , ກະເດືອນ ( ka dư̄an ) , ຖັກແທ່ ( thak thǣ )
Latin: lumbrīcus m
Latvian: slieka (lv) f
Lithuanian: sliekas m
Luxembourgish: Reewuerm m
Macedonian: глиста f ( glista )
Malay: cacing tanah (ms)
Malayalam: മണ്ണിര ( maṇṇira )
Manchu: ᠪᡝᡨᡝᠨ ( beten )
Manx: dhiane m
Marathi: गांडूळ n ( gāṇḍūḷ )
Mbyá Guaraní: evo'i
Middle English: erþe worm , worm , maddok
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: чийгийн улаан хорхой ( čiigiin ulaan xorxoj )
Nanai: пэнтэ ( pente )
Navajo: łeeyiʼ chʼosh
Norman: vèr dé tèrre m ( Jersey )
Norwegian: meitemark m , meitemakk m
Old English: reġnwyrm m
Ottoman Turkish: صوغلجان ( soğulcan )
Pawnee: piiruskiraararuut
Polish: dżdżownica (pl) f
Portuguese: minhoca (pt) f
Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
Romagnol: mondavèscuv m , madavèscul , madavèscol m ( Ravennate area )
Romanian: râmă (ro) f
Russian: дождево́й че́рвь m ( doždevój čérvʹ ) , земляно́й червь m ( zemljanój červʹ )
Sanskrit: किञ्चिलिक (sa) m ( kiñcilika ) , किञ्चुलुक (sa) m ( kiñculuka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: глиста f
Roman: glista (sh) f
Sicilian: casèntaru (scn) m
Slovak: dážďovka f
Southern Altai: чойлошкон ( čoyloškon )
Spanish: lombriz de tierra f , gusano de tierra m
Swahili: choo (sw)
Swedish: daggmask (sv)
Tagalog: bulateng lupa
Tamil: மண்புழு (ta) ( maṇpuḻu )
Tarifit: adan n tmurt m
Tausug: please add this translation if you can
Tày: đươn
Telugu: వానపాము (te) ( vānapāmu )
Thai: ไส้เดือน (th) ( sâi-dʉʉan ) , รากดิน (th) ( râak-din )
Turkish: yer solucanı (tr)
Vietnamese: giun đất (vi) , trùn (vi)
Volapük: tailavum (vo) , lumbrig
Welsh: abwydyn m , mwydyn m , pryf genwair m
White Hmong: cua nab
Zhuang: ndwen
Zulu: umsundu class 3 /4