WHEATWORM
wheatworm, wheat eel, wheat eelworm, Tylenchus tritici
(noun) small roundworm parasitic on wheat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wheatworm (plural wheatworms)
Anguina tritici, a nematode worm that attacks wheat.
Synonyms
• (Anguina tritici): ear-cockle nematode, seed-gall nematode, seed and leaf gall nematode, wheat gall nematode, wheat seed gall nematode, wheat seed-gall nematode, wheat seed and leaf gall nematode
Source: Wiktionary
Wheat"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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