Definition of worm

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Worm (n.) Any small creeping animal or reptile, either entirely without feet, or with very short ones, including a great variety of animals; as, an earthworm; the blindworm..

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Bitter :: Bitter (v. t.) Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes..
Leech :: Leech (n.) Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species..
Wormy :: Wormy (superl.) Containing a worm; abounding with worms.
Army Worm :: Army worm () The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton..
Whealworm :: Whealworm (n.) The harvest mite; -- so called from the wheals, caused by its bite..
Purl :: Purl (n.) Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices..
Tubicolous :: Tubicolous (a.) Inhabiting a tube; as, tubicolous worms..
Worming :: Worming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wor.
Polystomata :: Polystomata (n. pl.) A division of trematode worms having more two suckers. Called also Polystomea and Polystoma.
Worm :: Worm (v. i.) To work slowly, gradually, and secretly..
Ootype :: Ootype (n.) The part of the oviduct of certain trematode worms in which the ova are completed and furnished with a shell.
Inchworm :: Inchworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth. See Geometrid.
Lumbrical :: Lumbrical (a.) Resembling a worm; as, the lumbrical muscles of the hands of the hands and feet..
Myriapoda :: Myriapoda (n. pl.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped..
Strobile :: Strobile (n.) An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in metagenesis..
Globard :: Globard (n.) A glowworm.
Taintworm :: Taintworm (n.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.
Proglottis :: Proglottis (n.) One of the free, or nearly free, segments of a tapeworm. It contains both male and female reproductive organs, and is capable of a brief independent existence..
Worm :: Worm (n.) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms..
Worm :: Worm (v. t.) To effect, remove, drive, draw, or the like, by slow and secret means; -- often followed by out..
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