anecic

English

Adjective

anecic (not comparable)

(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) 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)

Portuguese: anécico

Anagrams

Cecina, cecina

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