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31worm — {{11}}worm (n.) O.E. wurm, variant of wyrm serpent, dragon, also in later O.E. earthworm, from P.Gmc. *wurmiz (Cf. O.S., O.H.G., Ger. wurm, O.Fris., Du. worm, O.N. ormr, Goth. waurms serpent, worm ), from PIE *wrmi /*wrmo worm (Cf. Gk. rhomos …
32worm — Ko e, ilo. See army worm, bristle worm, cutworm, maggot, measuring worm, pinworm. Annelid worm, muiona. Small worm in sand, moeone. Worm offal, popopo. Worm eaten, huhuhu. A worm shell, po apo ai …
33worm — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wyrm serpent, worm; akin to Old High German wurm serpent, worm, Latin vermis worm Date: before 12th century 1. a. earthworm; broadly an annelid worm b. any of numerous… …
34worm — [[t]wɜrm[/t]] n. 1) zool. any of numerous long, slender, soft bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the roundworms, platyhelminths, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, horsehair worms, and annelids 2) zool. (loosely) any of… …
35worm — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. earthworm, angleworm; maggot, larva, grub, caterpillar; insect; crawler, nightcrawler; flatworm, platyhelminth, tapeworm, cestode, nematode, round worm, ascarid, pinworm, annelid; wretch; screw,… …
36worm — noun 1》 an earthworm or other creeping or burrowing invertebrate animal having a long, slender soft body and no limbs. [Annelida, Nematoda (roundworms), Platyhelminthes (flatworms), and other phyla.] ↘(worms) intestinal or other internal… …
37worm — 1 noun (C) 1 a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil 2 someone who you do not like or respect 3 have worms to have parasites (=small creature that eats your food or your blood) in your body 4 the worm turns literary used …
38worm — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun WORM + VERB ▪ burrow, crawl ▪ Worms burrow down through the soil. ▪ wriggle, writhe ▪ The worm was wriggling on the hook …
39worm — [OE] The ancestral meaning of worm appears to be ‘snake’; its application to smaller limbless creatures is a secondary development. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *wurmiz, *wurmaz, which also produced German wurm, Dutch worm, and Danish orm …
40worm — [OE] The ancestral meaning of worm appears to be ‘snake’; its application to smaller limbless creatures is a secondary development. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic *wurmiz, *wurmaz, which also produced German wurm, Dutch worm, and Danish orm …