army worm
Webster Dictionary
a lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm
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worm gear
(ürm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a mechanism consisting of a worm engaging with and driving a worm wheel.
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earthworm
(ˈɜrθˌwɜrm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any annelid worm that burrows in soil, esp. a worm of the genus
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chaetognath
(arrowworm, chaetognath)
Princeton's WordNet
any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth
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arrowworm
(arrowworm, chaetognath)
Princeton's WordNet
any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth
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vermicular
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic
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worm gear
(worm gear)
Princeton's WordNet
gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion
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guinea worm disease
(Guinea worm disease, Guinea worm, dracunculiasis)
Princeton's WordNet
a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
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guinea worm
(Guinea worm disease, Guinea worm, dracunculiasis)
Princeton's WordNet
a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
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dracunculiasis
(Guinea worm disease, Guinea worm, dracunculiasis)
Princeton's WordNet
a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin
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mawworm
Webster Dictionary
any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and allied species
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worm
Webster Dictionary
to clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b)
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helminth
(ˈhɛl mɪnθ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a worm, esp. a parasitic worm.
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worm
Webster Dictionary
a short revolving screw, the threads of which drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel by gearing into its teeth or cogs. See Illust. of Worm gearing, below
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worm-shaped
Webster Dictionary
shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root
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caddis
Webster Dictionary
the larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm
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wheatworm
Webster Dictionary
a small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm
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great
Webster Dictionary
holding a chief position; elevated: lofty: eminent; distingushed; foremost; principal; as, great men; the great seal; the great marshal, etc
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hawk moth
Webster Dictionary
any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larvae are large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx, also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm
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vermiculate
(ərˈmɪk yə lər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
worm-eaten.
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worm-eaten
Webster Dictionary
eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber
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microdesmidae
(Microdesmidae, family Microdesmidae)
Princeton's WordNet
worm fish
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family microdesmidae
(Microdesmidae, family Microdesmidae)
Princeton's WordNet
worm fish
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family amphisbaenidae
(Amphisbaenidae, family Amphisbaenidae)
Princeton's WordNet
worm lizards
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amphisbaenidae
(Amphisbaenidae, family Amphisbaenidae)
Princeton's WordNet
worm lizards
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wormcast
(wormcast)
Princeton's WordNet
fossil trail of a worm
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worm wheel
(worm wheel)
Princeton's WordNet
gear with the thread of a worm
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worm gear
(ürm)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a gear wheel driven by a worm.
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chaeta
(ˈki tə)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a bristle or seta, esp. of an annelid worm.
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wormhole
(wormhole)
Princeton's WordNet
hole made by a burrowing worm
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