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worm
  1. A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
  2. More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms.
  3. (archaic) A type of wingless "dragon", especially a gigantic sea serpent.[1]
  4. (fantasy) Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless),[2] a gigantic sea serpent, or a creature that resembles a Mongolian death worm.[3]
  5. A contemptible or devious being.
  6. (computing) A self-replicating program that propagates through a network.
  7. (cricket) A graphical representation of the total runs scored in an innings.
  8. Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
    1. A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
    2. The spiral wire of a corkscrew.
    3. (anatomy) A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
    4. The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
    5. A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth.
  9. (obsolete) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar.
  10. (figuratively) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
  11. (mathematics) A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
  12. (anatomy) The lytta.
  13. A dance, or dance move, in which the dancer lies on the floor and undulates the body horizontally thereby moving forwards.
  14. Synonyms:
  15. Examples:
    1. “A cicada begins its life as a worm in the ground.”
wormer
  1. Dewormer, medicine used in deworming an animal.
  2. Vermicide, any substance used to kill worms.
  3. Examples:
    1. “These are now being sponsored by the animal health company Bayer, which makes a leading brand of dog wormer.”
      “If not removed, the eggs are eventually ingested as the horse nuzzles its legs and can cause problems, even death, if the horse isn't given a wormer that kills bots.”
      “Disease priorities encompass liver fluke, ticks, wormer resistance and breeding TB-resistant cattle.”
worming
  1. The act by which an animal is wormed.
  2. (weaving) The tendency of certain yarn or thread to bunch up after being woven.
wormling
  1. A little worm.
  2. (by extension) Any weak, mean, or lowly creature.
wormskin
  1. the skin of a worm, or leather made therefrom, especially in fiction where worms are large creatures and have correspondingly large skins
wormlet
  1. A small worm.
worme
  1. Obsolete spelling of worm
wormlings
  1. plural of wormling
wormskins
  1. plural of wormskin
wormlets
  1. plural of wormlet
wormings
  1. plural of worming
wormers
  1. plural of wormer
wormes
  1. plural of worme
worms
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