wurm

Definitions of wurm
  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, worm
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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 grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
    synonyms: dreumes, dreutel, hummel, kabouter, keutel, kruimel, krummel, puk, uk, ukkepuk
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    aanhanger, aanhangwagen, lidmaat
    an external body part that projects from the body
  3. noun
    a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
    synonyms: Goot, boer, buitenman, buitenmens, dreumes, dreutel, hummel, kabouter, keutel, kever, klei-os, kruimel, krummel, landman, oermens, plattelander, provinciaal, puk, uk, ukkepuk
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