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WORMCAST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fossil trail of a worm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("wormcast" is a kind of...):

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("wormcast" is a kind of...):

body waste; excrement; excreta; excretion; excretory product (waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body)

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