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Bagworm :: Bagworm (n.) One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platoeceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm..

Measles :: Measles (n.) A disease of cattle and swine in which the flesh is filled with the embryos of different varieties of the tapeworm.

Filaria :: Filaria (n.) A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm..

Artemisia :: Artemisia (n.) A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well known, and A. tridentata is the sage brush of the Rocky Mountain region..

Cysticercus :: Cysticercus (n.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle)..

Cercaria :: Cercaria (n.) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage..

Lugworm :: Lugworm (n.) A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm..

Earcockle :: Earcockle (n.) A disease in wheat, in which the blackened and contracted grain, or ear, is filled with minute worms..

Wormhole :: Wormhole (n.) A burrow made by a worm.

Vermicide :: Vermicide (n.) A medicine which destroys intestinal worms; a worm killer.

Sericulture :: Sericulture (n.) The raising of silkworms.

Absinthiated :: Absinthiated (a.) Impregnated with wormwood; as, absinthiated wine..

Taintworm :: Taintworm (n.) A destructive parasitic worm or insect larva.

Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl..

Absinthic :: Absinthic (a.) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.

Measles :: Measles (n.) The larvae of any tapeworm (Taenia) in the cysticerus stage, when contained in meat. Called also bladder worms..

Worm :: Worm (n.) The thread of a screw.

Grub :: Grub (n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith..

Wolf :: Wolf (a.) A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries..

Kamala :: Kamala (n.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm..

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