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wheatworm


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wheatworm  \Wheat"worm`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  small  nematode  worm  ({Anguillula  tritici})  which  attacks 
  the  grains  of  wheat  in  the  ear.  It  is  found  in  wheat  affected 
  with  smut,  each  of  the  diseased  grains  containing  a  large 
  number  of  the  minute  young  of  the  worm. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wheatworm  \Wheat"worm`\,  n. 
  A  small  nematode  worm  ({Tylenchus  tritici})  which  attacks 
  wheat,  advancing  through  the  stem  to  the  grains  in  the  air. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wheatworm 
  n  :  small  roundworm  parasitic  on  wheat  [syn:  {wheat  eel},  {wheat 
  eelworm},  {Tylenchus  tritici}] 




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