earthworm

Converse of object

• include: He describes how when the cow has moved on, an army of creatures including earthworms, snails, mites and nematodes take over.
• eat: I suggested the grass may have been ingested whilst eating earthworms.
• contain: Moles survive and thrive in virtually every part of the country, save only where acid soils contain no earthworms.
• kill: Al 3 + can also kill earthworms at high concentrations and leach into water, affecting aquatic life ( e.g.
• grow: Crop and food residues are used to grow earthworms to feed fish and fowl.
• find: Maze: Endangered Animals 4 ( harder ) Help the kiwi find the earthworm.

Converse of subject

ingest: Prickly sow-thistle seeds ingested by earthworms have been found intact in the worm casts.

Adjective modifier

• common: FACT - The common earthworm can grow up to about 8 cm long.
• large: Nocturnal intake rates were higher than diurnal intake rates owing to the consumption of more large earthworms at night.
• native: Some birds like to eat them, but these native British earthworms are well loved by badgers too.
• small: Also, the smallest earthworms are considerably longer than a quarter inch.
• humble: The humble earthworm also plays a vital role in Chris ' Chelsea garden.
• giant: Giant Pineapple, banana, prawn, rockinghorse, orange, even a giant earthworm.

Modifies a noun

• population: The use of iron or copper tools should have no effect on the earthworm population.
• activity: However, the uppermost 10 or so cm are severely disturbed by recent earthworm activity.
• control: Darwin's painstaking observations have always muddied the water whenever earthworm control is discussed.
• density: However, earthworm density in turn dictates the territory size - there must be several good feeding grounds for the group.
• availability: We tentatively suggest that badgers compensate for variations in earthworm availability by changing their foraging tactics.

Noun used with modifier

giant: FACT - It is claimed that the African giant earthworm can grow to 7 meters ( 22 feet ).

Preposition: from

soil: Is there an environmentally friendly way to extract earthworms from soil?