wormcast

A noun referring to a cylindrical mass of soil or sediment voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm, or a fossil trail left by a worm.

• 🇫🇷Substantif désignant une masse cylindrique de terre ou de sédiment rejetée par un ver de terre ou un arénicole fouisseur, ou une trace fossile laissée par un ver.

1. Earthworm excrement C1 formal

   A small, coiled or cylindrical pile of soil that is excreted by an earthworm after it has passed through its body.

   • The garden soil was covered in small wormcasts, indicating healthy earthworm activity.
   • Wormcasts are a sign of fertile soil.
   • He carefully removed the wormcasts from the lawn before mowing.

   🇫🇷Turricule de ver de terre

2. Fossilized worm trail C2 formal

   A fossilized trace or burrow left by a worm in ancient sediment.

   • The geologist identified a wormcast in the rock formation.
   • Fossilized wormcasts provide clues about ancient environments.
   • The museum displayed a slab of sandstone with clear wormcasts.

   🇫🇷Terrier fossile de ver

• wormcasts plural form
• wormcasts' possessive plural form
• wormcast's possessive singular form