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strawworm

DEFINITIONS OF: strawworm

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n larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris

Synonyms:
caddisworm
Type of:
caseworm
insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body

n larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains

Synonyms:
jointworm
Type of:
larva
the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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