Translingual

Proper noun

Lumbricus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lumbricidae – includes most well-known European earthworms.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Animalia - kingdom; Annelida - phylum; Clitellata - class; Oligochaeta - subclass; Haplotaxida - order; Lumbricina - suborder; Lumbricidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lumbricus badensis, Lumbricus baicalensis, Lumbricus castaneus, Lumbricus centralis, Lumbricus eiseni, Lumbricus festivus, Lumbricus friendi, Lumbricus improvisus, Lumbricus klarae, Lumbricus meliboeus, Lumbricus polyphemus, Lumbricus rubellus, Lumbricus terrestris, Lumbricus variegatus - species

Latin

Noun

lumbrīcus m ‎(genitive lumbrīcī); second declension

1. earthworm
2. intestinal worm

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• lumbricus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lumbricus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “lumbrīcus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 351-352