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Table 1
List of earthworms (Glossoscolecidae) ethnonames from two Ye’Kuana villages in the Alto Rio Padamo area, Amazonas, Venezuela as reported by Paoletti and Dufour [22, 23].
Earthworms ethnonames
Characteristics
Motto (Andiorrhinus motto)
White, lower river banks, edible
Daicik
White small lower river banks
Vejaj
White medium size
Toccamo, Taegic, Modoiddi,
White
Mouato Araito, Cetoka Mawada, Kurujicette, Canaje
Not available
Kuru (Andiorrhinus kuru)
Red-brown 40–60 cm, edible, in forest
Saridi
40–50 cm dark brown, in forest
Sciciu and Catasu
Only for line fishing white-pink 6 cm upper river bank