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An ecosystem characteristic of the later Ediacaran, when animal life was dominated by surface-dwelling worms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, neologism
Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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Broader terms: wormworld
noun
An age that is dominated by worms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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noun
A region that is dominated by worm-life.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, paleontology, sciences
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History
From worm + world.
