Giant Earthworm - Giant Earthworm

Japanese: オオミミズ - おおみみず
Giant Earthworm - Giant Earthworm

…The largest variety of invertebrates are insects, with about 50,000 species. There are also many unusual animals, such as the highly poisonous funnel-web spider and the giant earthworm, which is 3.6 meters long. The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches 2,000 km from just north of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, to New Guinea, is the world's longest and largest coral reef, and creates a beautiful sea garden with a large number of colorful tropical fish. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "giant earthworm" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…無脊椎動物のうちで最も種類が多いのは昆虫類で約5万種。猛毒を持つジョウゴグモ,体長が3.6mもあるオオミミズなど珍奇な動物も少なくない。その他,クイーンズランド州の州都ブリズベーンのちょうど北からニューギニアにまで延びる長さ2000kmの大サンゴ礁(グレート・バリア・リーフ)は,世界最長,最大のサンゴ礁であるが,色とりどりの多数の熱帯魚とともに美しい海の花園をつくり出している。…

※「オオミミズ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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