Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of Lumbricidæ, and together with Perichæta composing that family; the earthworms proper, as L. terrestris.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of annelids, belonging to the Oligochæta, and including the common earthworms. See
earthworm .
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Examples
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The following day her mother brought Power a "lumbricus", a worm, "87 inches [2.2 metres] long which the patient vomited: the medicine operated well".
Amputations, acid gargles and ammonia rubs: Royal Navy surgeons' 1793-1880 journals revealed Maev Kennedy 2010
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With his eighty-five, apart from external operations lawful or not, Mr. Parnell can act as a sort of lumbricus in the House.
Miscellaneous Prose George Meredith 1868
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With his eighty-five, apart from external operations lawful or not, Mr. Parnell can act as a sort of lumbricus in the House.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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With his eighty-five, apart from external operations lawful or not, Mr. Parnell can act as a sort of lumbricus in the House.
Complete Short Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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