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lumbricus /lum·bri·cus/ (lum-bri´kus) pl. lumbri´ci   [L.]
1. the earthworm.
2. old term for ascaris.

lum·bri·cus (lmbr-ks)
n.
The roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides.

lumbricus [lum´brĭ-kus] (pl. lum´brici) (L.)
1. the earthworm.
2. old term for ascaris.

lumbricus
pl. lumbrici [L.]
1. the earthworm.
2. ascaris.

lum·bri·cus (lŭm'bri-kŭs),
1. Synonym(s): lumbricoid (1)
2. Obsolete name for Ascaris lumbricoides.
[L. earthworm]


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Earthworms, Lumbricus terrestris, were grown in soils with five different levels of mercuric ions: no added Hg, 25 mg Hg per kg of soil, 50 mg/kg, 100 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Weed ecologist Emilie Regnier of Ohio State University in Columbus and her colleagues conducted field experiments to determine how exotic European night crawlers, Lumbricus terrestris, affected the survival of the seeds of Ambrosia trifida, giant ragweed.
The succulent, soil-coated Lumbricus terrestris or common earthworm.
 
 
 
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