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Lobworm :: Lobworm (n.) The lugworm.

Roseworm :: Roseworm (n.) The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves, buds, or blossoms of the rose, especially Cacaecia rosaceana, which rolls up the leaves for a nest, and devours both the leaves and buds..

Cutworm :: Cutworm (n.) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvae of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths..

Stahlian :: Stagworm (n.) The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils..

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..

Worm :: Worm (v. i.) To work slowly, gradually, and secretly..

Fret :: Fret (v. t.) To rub; to wear away by friction; to chafe; to gall; hence, to eat away; to gnaw; as, to fret cloth; to fret a piece of gold or other metal; a worm frets the plants of a ship..

Absinthium :: Absinthium (n.) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood..

Cocoon :: Cocoon (n.) An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.

Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..

Silk :: Silk (n.) The fine, soft thread produced by various species of caterpillars in forming the cocoons within which the worm is inclosed during the pupa state, especially that produced by the larvae of Bombyx mori..

Measle :: Measle (n.) A tapeworm larva. See 2d Measles, 4..

Copperworm :: Copperworm (n.) The ringworm.

Phalaenid :: Phalaenid (n.) Any moth of the family Phalaenidae, of which the cankerworms are examples; a geometrid..

Gourdworm :: Gourdworm (n.) The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.

Wormy :: Wormy (superl.) Containing a worm; abounding with worms.

Worm-shell :: Worm-shell (n.) Any species of Vermetus.

Brandlin :: Brandlin (n.) Same as Branlin, fish and worm..

Terricolae :: Terricolae (n. pl.) A division of annelids including the common earthworms and allied species.

Bombycinous :: Bombycinous (a.) Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.

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