Definition of worm

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Worm (n.) The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to economize space. See Illust. of Still..

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Annulata :: Annulata (n. pl.) A class of articulate animals, nearly equivalent to Annelida, including the marine annelids, earthworms, Gephyrea, Gymnotoma, leeches, etc. See Annelida..
Trichoscolices :: Trichoscolices (n. pl.) An extensive group of wormlike animals characterized by being more or less covered with cilia.
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..
Thunderworm :: Thunderworm (n.) A small, footless, burrowing, snakelike lizard (Rhineura Floridana) allied to Amphisbaena, native of Florida; -- so called because it leaves its burrows after a thundershower..
Flagworm :: Flagworm (n.) A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.
Globard :: Globard (n.) A glowworm.
Absinthe :: Absinthe (n.) The plant absinthium or common wormwood.
Vermiculous :: Vermiculous (a.) Containing, or full of, worms; resembling worms..
Glowbard :: Glowbard (n.) The glowworm.
Sporozoa :: Sporosac (n.) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable or reproducing other germs by asexual generation; a nurse; a redia..
Lumbric :: Lumbric (n.) An earthworm, or a worm resembling an earthworm..
Honeycomb :: Honeycomb (n.) Any substance, as a easting of iron, a piece of worm-eaten wood, or of triple, etc., perforated with cells like a honeycomb..
Tagtail :: Tagtail (n.) A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.
Sericterium :: Sericterium (n.) A silk gland, as in the silkworms..
Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..
Tapeworm :: Tapeworm (n.) Any one of numerous species of cestode worms belonging to Taenia and many allied genera. The body is long, flat, and composed of numerous segments or proglottids varying in shape, those toward the end of the body being much larger and longer than the anterior ones, and containing the fully developed sexual organs. The head is small, destitute of a mouth, but furnished with two or more suckers (which vary greatly in shape in different genera), and sometimes, also, with hooks for adh
Milleped :: Milleped (n.) A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm..
Turbellaria :: Turbellaria (n. pl.) An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdoc/la and Dendroc/la. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group..
Eel :: Eel (n.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel is a species of Gymnotus. The so called vinegar eel is a minute nematode worm. See Conger eel, Electric eel, and Gymnotus..
Aptera :: Aptera (n. pl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders..
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