Definition of worm

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Worm (n.) A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms..

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Bombyx :: Bombyx (n.) A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm..
Cadeworm :: Cadeworm (n.) A caddice. See Caddice.
Cucurbitive :: Cucurbitive (a.) Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.
Wormal :: Wormal (n.) See Wormil.
Measle :: Measle (n.) A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4..
Filaria :: Filaria (n.) A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm..
Slugworm :: Slugworm (n.) Any caterpillar which has the general appearance of a slug, as do those of certain moths belonging to Limacodes and allied genera, and those of certain sawflies..
Pinkroot :: Pinkroot (n.) A perennial North American herb (Spigelia Marilandica), sometimes cultivated for its showy red blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, Maryland pinkroot, and worm grass..
Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..
Vermiformia :: Vermiformia (n. pl.) A tribe of worms including Phoronis. See Phoronis.
Lumbricoid :: Lumbricoid (a.) Like an earthworm; belonging to the genus Lumbricus, or family Lumbricidae..
Muckworm :: Muckworm (n.) One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser.
Helminthiasis :: Helminthiasis (n.) A disease in which worms are present in some part of the body.
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..
Lobworm :: Lobworm (n.) The lugworm.
Absinthic :: Absinthic (a.) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
Grubworm :: Grubworm (n.) See Grub, n., 1..
Tubeworm :: Tubeworm (n.) Any annelid which constructs a tube; one of the Tubicolae.
Lumbriciform :: Lumbriciform (a.) Resembling an earthworm; vermiform.
Hydatid :: Hydatid (n.) A membranous sac or bladder filled with a pellucid fluid, found in various parts of the bodies of animals, but unconnected with the tissues. It is usually formed by parasitic worms, esp. by larval tapeworms, as Echinococcus and Coenurus. See these words in the Vocabulary..
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