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1. (n.) wireworm
any of the slender, hard-bodied larvae of click beetles, many of which live underground and feed on the roots of plants.
2. wireworm
any of various small millipedes.
Etymology: (1780–90)
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1. (noun) wireworm
wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants
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1. (noun) wireworm
one of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub
2. (noun) wireworm
a galleyworm
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