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Woodworm

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A worm or an insect larva that bores into wood.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A beetle larva that bores into wood.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. a larva that bores in wood; a wood borer.

n. See Wood worm, under wood.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A worm, grub, or larva that is bred in wood.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a larva of a woodborer

Word Usage

"There were still relics like this lurking in farm buildings when I started out on my agricultural life: I recall finding a woodworm-infected patten lying in the manger of a stable a week or so after the last draught horse had been put to sleep."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

worm

Variant

wood

Synonym

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