| ANGLEWORM | • angleworm n. (Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish. • ANGLEWORM n. an earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. |
| ARROWWORM | • arrowworm n. (Zoology) A transparent predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha, found in plankton. • arrow␣worm n. A predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha. • ARROWWORM n. a peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. |
| BLINDWORM | • blindworm n. Anguis fragilis (slowworm), a small species of legless lizard. • BLINDWORM n. a slowworm. |
| BLOODWORM | • bloodworm n. Alternative spelling of blood worm. • blood␣worm n. The larva of a chironomid midge in the (family Chironomidae). • blood␣worm n. Any polychete worm in the genus Glycera. |
| EARTHWORM | • earthworm n. A worm that lives in the ground. • earthworm n. A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina. • earthworm n. (Figurative) A contemptible person; a groveller. |
| FLESHWORM | • fleshworm n. A worm that feeds on flesh. • FLESHWORM n. (archaic) a worm or maggot that feeds on flesh. |
| FRUITWORM | • fruitworm n. The larva of any of several moths; they are responsible for damage to many types of fruit crop. • FRUITWORM n. any of numerous insect larvae mainly of the orders Diptera and Lepidoptera that feed on or in fruits. |
| GLASSWORM | • glassworm n. A phantom midge larva in the family Chaoboridae, which lives in freshwater and is nearly transparent. • glassworm n. An arrow worm in the phylum Chaetognatha, part of the marine zooplankton. • GLASSWORM n. the larva of a gnat. |
| HEARTWORM | • heartworm n. (Veterinary medicine) A parasitic organism that afflicts dogs, the roundworm Dirofilaria immitis. • heartworm n. (Veterinary medicine) (uncountable) The condition caused by this organism. • HEARTWORM n. a filarial worm that is a parasite esp. in the hearts of dogs. |
| JOINTWORM | • jointworm n. The larva of a hymenopterous insect, Tetramesa tritici, found in gall-like swellings on wheatstalks… • JOINTWORM n. the larva of a small, hymenopterous fly, which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat. |
| ROUNDWORM | • roundworm n. An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda and other similar phyla. Many species of roundworms are parasites. • ROUNDWORM n. a nematoid worm. |
| SCREWWORM | • screwworm n. The larva of the fly Cochliomyia hominivorax (New World screwworm) or Chrysomya bezziana (Old World… • SCREWWORM n. the larva of a dipterous fly which develops under the skin of certain animals. |
| SPOONWORM | • spoonworm n. Any of the class Echiura of annelid marine worms. • spoon␣worm n. Synonym of echiuran. • SPOONWORM n. a marine invertebrate of the phylum Echiura with a spoon-like mouthpiece. |
| STRAWWORM | • strawworm n. The grub of the caddis fly. • STRAWWORM n. a caddice worm. |
| WHEATWORM | • wheatworm n. Anguina tritici, a nematode worm that attacks wheat. • WHEATWORM n. a small nematode worm which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. |