Worm-like

  • 31worm — wormer, n. wormlike, wormish, adj. /werrm/, n. 1. Zool. any of numerous long, slender, soft bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids. 2.… …

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  • 32worm — /wɜm / (say werm) noun 1. Zoology any of the long, slender, soft bodied bilateral invertebrates including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, and annelids. 2. (in popular language) any of numerous small creeping animals with… …

  • 33worm — worm1 [ wɜrm ] noun * 1. ) count a creature with a long soft body and no bones or legs a ) count an insect that looks like a worm b ) worms plural small creatures that look like worms and live inside the body of a person or animal and make them… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 34worm — I UK [wɜː(r)m] / US [wɜrm] noun Word forms worm : singular worm plural worms * 1) [countable] a creature with a long soft body and no bones or legs a) [countable] an insect that looks like a worm b) worms [plural] small creatures that look like… …

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  • 35worm — worm1 [wə:m US wə:rm] n [: Old English; Origin: wyrm snake, worm ] 1.) a long thin creature with no bones and no legs that lives in soil →↑earthworm, ↑lugworm 2.) the young form of an insect, which looks like a short worm →↑glow worm …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 36Worm drive — A worm drive is a gear arrangement in which a worm (which is a gear in the form of a screw) meshes with a worm gear (which is similar in appearance to a spur gear, and is also called a worm wheel). The terminology is often confused by imprecise… …

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  • 37worm — [[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… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38Worm — A worm is a common name given to a diverse group of invertebrate animals that have a long, soft body and no legs. There are hundreds of thousands of species of worms, 2,700 of these are earthworms. Animals which are commonly called worms include… …

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  • 39worm — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)m[/t]] worms, worming, wormed 1) N COUNT A worm is a small animal with a long thin body, no bones and no legs. 2) N PLURAL If animals or people have worms, worms are living in their intestines. 3) VERB If you worm an animal, you give… …

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  • 40worm — {{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 …

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