strawworm

strawworm
/straw"werrm'/, n.
1. caddisworm.
2. jointworm.
[1645-55; STRAW + WORM]

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  • jointworm — /joynt werrm /, n. the larva of any of several chalcid flies of the family Eurytomidae, esp. of the genus Harmolita, that feeds within the stems of grasses, often causing a gall near the first joint. Also called strawworm. [1700 10; JOINT + WORM] …   Universalium

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