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Worm, according to the Webster's New World Dictionary (1962 edition), 'worm' means 'any of many long, slender, soft-bodied creeping animals, some segmented, that live by burrowing underground or as parasites, as the earthworm, tapeworm'. According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 'worm' means 'a slender, creeping, naked, limbless animal usually brown or reddish with a soft body divided into a series of segments; an earthworm', State (Delhi Administration) v. Puran Mal, AIR 1985 SC 741: (1985) 2 SCC 589: (1985) 3 SCR 464....
Hair worm
A nematoid worm of the genus Gordius resembling a hair See Gordius...
Caterpillar
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect sometimes but less commonly the larval state of other insects as the sawflies which are also called false caterpillars The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs prolegs armed with hooks Some are hairy others naked They usually feed on leaves fruit and succulent vegetables being often very destructive Many of them are popularly called worms as the cutworm cankerworm army worm cotton worm silkworm...
Caddice
The larva of a caddice fly These larvaelig generally live in cylindrical cases open at each end and covered externally with pieces of broken shells gravel bits of wood etc They are a favorite bait with anglers Called also caddice worm or caddis worm...
chaetognath
any worm of the Chaetognatha transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth...
Hawk moth
Any moth of the family Sphingidaelig of which there are numerous genera and species They are large handsome moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed They fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird sucking the honey by means of a long slender proboscis The larvaelig are large hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other bright colors and often with a caudal spine See Sphinx also Tobacco worm and Tomato worm...
Helminthic
Of or relating to worms or Helminthes expelling worms...
Helminthology
The natural history or study of worms esp parasitic worms...
Mawworm
Any intestinal worm found in the stomach esp the common round worm Ascaris lumbricoides and allied species...
Pilidium
The free swimming hat shaped larva of certain nemertean worms It has no resemblance to its parent and the young worm develops in its interior...
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