worm

Definitions of worm
  1. noun
    any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
    synonyms: made, wurm
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    houtworm
    a larva of a woodborer
    ringworm
    worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally
    maai, made, madeworm
    small threadlike worm infesting human intestines and rectum especially in children
    aaltje, aaltjes
    any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms
    mijnworm
    parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
  2. noun
    a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
    synonyms: made
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    the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
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    larf, larve, masker
    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
  3. noun
    the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
    synonyms: made
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    made
    a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
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