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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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