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drilosphere

drilosphere noun: the part of the soil that has been through the digestive tract of earthworms.

Noun

drilosphere (plural drilospheres)

  1. (soil science) The part of the soil that has been through the digestive tract of earthworms

Forms of drilosphere

pluraldrilospheres

Origin of drilosphere

From Ancient Greek δρῖλος (drîlos, taken to mean "earthworm") + -sphere.

Questions about drilosphere

What does drilosphere mean?
Drilosphere means the part of the soil that has been through the digestive tract of earthworms.
What part of speech is drilosphere?
Drilosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of drilosphere?
The plural of drilosphere is drilospheres.

Words near drilosphere in the dictionary

  1. drillships
  2. drillstock
  3. drillstocks
  4. drillstring
  5. drillstrings
  6. drilosphere
  7. drilospheres
  8. drilvis
  9. drily
  10. drimane
  11. drimanes

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