WIREWORM

wireworm

(noun) wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wireworm (plural wireworms)

The larva of the click beetle.

Source: Wiktionary


Wire"worm`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the larvæ of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub. (b) A galleyworm.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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