One crawls in earth, below ground, eating bits of insects and plants (9)

I believe the answer is:

millipede

'one crawls' is the definition.

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for millipede that I've seen before include "Many-legged creature" , "Bug" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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