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wormcast [ˈwɜːmˌkɑːst]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a coil of earth or sand that has been egested by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm

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Noun	1.	wormcast - cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm body waste, excrement, excreta, excretory product, excretion - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
	2.	wormcast - fossil trail of a worm fossil - the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil

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body waste excrement excreta excretion excretory product fossil WORM			The wormcast can be diluted with water (1:10) to produce a plant-enhancing liquid fertiliser. Dispose and decompose by Birmingham Mail (England) Farmyard manure is a rich organic matter product but needs to be composted to stop it scorching plants, while wormcasts are high in humus, with high water and nutrient-holding capacity. How does your garden grow? by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Farmyard manure is a rich organic matter product but needs to be composted to stop it scorching plants, while wormcasts are high in humus, with high water and nutrient-holding capacity. Be waterwise this summer by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			Worm abscess worm conveyor worm family worm fence worm fish worm gear Worm gearing worm genus Worm grass worm lizard Worm oil worm powder worm salamander worm screw worm snake Worm tea Worm tincture worm wheel worm's eye view worm's-eye view worm-eaten Worm-shaped Worm-shell worm’s-eye view Wormal wormcast Wormed wormery wormfly wormgrass wormhole Wormian Wormian bone Wormian bones Wormil worming worming tablet wormlike Wormling Worms wormseed wormseed mustard Wormul wormwood Wormwood hare wormwood oil wormwood sage wormy worn Worn land worn out			worm screw worm snake worm snake worm snakes worm snakes Worm Systematics Resource Network Worm tea Worm tincture worm turned worm way into worm way into worm way into worm wheel worm wheel worm's eye view worm's-eye view worm's-eye views worm-eaten worm-like worm-like worm-like Worm-like chain Worm-Like Chain Model Worm-Overload Recreational Killer worm-shaped Worm-shell Worm.ExploreZip virus Worm/DoS worm’s-eye view Wormal wormcast wormed wormed wormed wormed wormed out wormed out wormed out wormed way into wormed way into wormed way into wormeries Wormery Wormfish wormfly wormgrass wormhole wormhole Wormhole metrics Wormhole metrics Wormhole routing Wormholes Wormholes wormian wormian wormian b's wormian b's wormian b's Wormian bone Wormian bone Wormian bone

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