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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.
A European species of wormwood (Artemisia maritima) growing by the sea.
The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton.
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a.
Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish anatomist.
n.
A little worm.
n.
Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines.
a.
Shaped like a worm; /hick and almost cylindrical, but variously curved or bent; as, a worm-shaped root.
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Penetrated by worms; injured by worms; worm-eaten; as, wormed timber.
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n.
See Wormil.
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n.
Anything spiral, vermiculated, or resembling a worm
v. t.
To clean by means of a worm; to draw a wad or cartridge from, as a firearm. See Worm, n. 5 (b).
n.
See Wormil.
n.
A burrow made by a worm.
a.
Eaten, or eaten into, by a worm or by worms; as, worm-eaten timber.
superl.
Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.
n.
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.
n.
To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of, as a dog, for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw. The operation was formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.
superl.
Containing a worm; abounding with worms.
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