Definition of WORM, Meaning of WORM, Translation of WORM

annelid worm Click to Search annelid worm
noun worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally • Syn: annelid, segmented worm • Derivationally related forms: annelid (for: annelid) • Hypernyms: worm • Hyponyms: archiannelid, oligochaete, oligochaete worm, polychaete, polychete, polychaete worm, polychete worm, leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean • Member Holonyms: Annelida, phylum Annelida

army worm Click to Search army worm
noun noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain • Syn: armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta • Hypernyms: caterpillar • Member Holonyms: Pseudaletia, genus Pseudaletia

beard worm Click to Search beard worm
noun slender animal with tentacles and a tubelike outer covering; lives on the deep ocean bottom • Syn: pogonophoran • Hypernyms: worm • Member Holonyms: Pogonophora, phylum Pogonophora

bladder worm Click to Search bladder worm
noun encysted saclike larva of the tapeworm • Hypernyms: larva • Member Holonyms: Platyhelminthes, phylum Platyhelminthes

dew worm Click to Search dew worm
noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers • Syn: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, red worm • Derivationally related forms: crawl (for: crawler), wiggle (for: wiggler) • Hypernyms: oligochaete, oligochaete worm • Member Holonyms: Oligochaeta, class Oligochaeta

fishing worm Click to Search fishing worm
noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers • Syn: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm • Derivationally related forms: crawl (for: crawler), wiggle (for: wiggler) • Hypernyms: oligochaete, oligochaete worm • Member Holonyms: Oligochaeta, class Oligochaeta

Guinea worm Click to Search Guinea worm
noun 1. a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin • Syn: Guinea worm disease, dracunculiasis • Hypernyms: infestation 2. parasitic roundworm of India and Africa that lives in the abdomen or beneath the skin of humans and other vertebrates • Syn: Dracunculus medinensis • Hypernyms: nematode, nematode worm, roundworm • Member Holonyms: Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus

Guinea worm disease Click to Search Guinea worm disease
noun a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin • Syn: Guinea worm, dracunculiasis • Hypernyms: infestation

measuring worm Click to Search measuring worm
noun small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae • Syn: inchworm, looper • Hypernyms: caterpillar

nematode worm Click to Search nematode worm
noun unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic • Syn: nematode, roundworm • Hypernyms: worm • Hyponyms: common roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, chicken roundworm, Ascaridia galli, pinworm, threadworm, Enterobius vermicularis, eelworm, wheatworm, wheat eel, wheat eelworm, Tylenchus tritici, trichina, Trichinella spiralis, hookworm, filaria, Guinea worm, Dracunculus medinensis • Member Holonyms: Nematoda, phylum Nematoda, Aschelminthes, phylum Aschelminthes

oligochaete worm Click to Search oligochaete worm
noun hermaphroditic terrestrial and aquatic annelids having bristles borne singly along the length of the body • Syn: oligochaete • Hypernyms: annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm • Hyponyms: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm, red worm • Member Holonyms: Oligochaeta, class Oligochaeta

parasitic worm Click to Search parasitic worm
noun worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes • Syn: helminth • Hypernyms: worm • Member Holonyms: Nematoda, phylum Nematoda, Aschelminthes, phylum Aschelminthes, Trematoda, class Trematoda, Cestoda, class Cestoda

peanut worm Click to Search peanut worm
noun small unsegmented marine worm that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body giving the appearance of a peanut • Syn: sipunculid • Hypernyms: invertebrate • Member Holonyms: Sipuncula, phylum Sipuncula

polychaete worm Click to Search polychaete worm
noun chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles • Syn: polychaete, polychete, polychete worm • Hypernyms: annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm • Hyponyms: lugworm, lug, lobworm, sea mouse, bloodworm • Member Holonyms: Polychaeta, class Polychaeta

polychete worm Click to Search polychete worm
noun chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles • Syn: polychaete, polychete, polychaete worm • Hypernyms: annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm • Hyponyms: lugworm, lug, lobworm, sea mouse, bloodworm • Member Holonyms: Polychaeta, class Polychaeta

potato worm Click to Search potato worm
noun large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm • Syn: tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata • Hypernyms: caterpillar

proboscis worm Click to Search proboscis worm
noun soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract • Syn: ribbon worm, nemertean, nemertine • Hypernyms: worm • Member Holonyms: Nemertea, phylum Nemertea, Nemertina, phylum Nemertina

railroad worm Click to Search railroad worm
noun larvae bore into and feed on apples • Syn: apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella • Hypernyms: fruit fly, pomace fly • Member Holonyms: Rhagoletis, genus Rhagoletis

red worm Click to Search red worm
noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers • Syn: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm, fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler, crawler, dew worm • Derivationally related forms: crawl (for: crawler), wiggle (for: wiggler) • Hypernyms: oligochaete, oligochaete worm • Member Holonyms: Oligochaeta, class Oligochaeta

ribbon worm Click to Search ribbon worm
noun soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract • Syn: nemertean, nemertine, proboscis worm • Hypernyms: worm • Member Holonyms: Nemertea, phylum Nemertea, Nemertina, phylum Nemertina

segmented worm Click to Search segmented worm
noun worms with cylindrical bodies segmented both internally and externally • Syn: annelid, annelid worm • Derivationally related forms: annelid (for: annelid) • Hypernyms: worm • Hyponyms: archiannelid, oligochaete, oligochaete worm, polychaete, polychete, polychaete worm, polychete worm, leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean • Member Holonyms: Annelida, phylum Annelida

spiny-headed worm Click to Search spiny-headed worm
noun any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of vertebrates having a retractile proboscis covered with many hooked spines • Syn: acanthocephalan • Hypernyms: worm • Member Holonyms: Acanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephala

tomato worm Click to Search tomato worm
noun large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm • Syn: tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta • Hypernyms: caterpillar • Member Holonyms: Manduca, genus Manduca

tongue worm Click to Search tongue worm
noun wormlike arthropod having two pairs of hooks at the sides of the mouth; parasitic in nasal sinuses of mammals • Syn: pentastomid • Hypernyms: arthropod • Member Holonyms: Pentastomida, subphylum Pentastomida

trematode worm Click to Search trematode worm
noun parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host • Syn: fluke, trematode • Hypernyms: flatworm, platyhelminth • Hyponyms: liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica, Fasciolopsis buski, schistosome, blood fluke • Member Holonyms: Trematoda, class Trematoda

velvet worm Click to Search velvet worm
noun any of numerous velvety-skinned wormlike carnivorous animals common in tropical forests having characteristics of both arthropods and annelid worms • Syn: onychophoran, peripatus • Hypernyms: arthropod • Hyponyms: Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis • Member Holonyms: Onychophora, class Onychophora

vinegar worm Click to Search vinegar worm
noun minute eelworm that feeds on organisms that cause fermentation in e.g. vinegar • Syn: vinegar eel, Anguillula aceti, Turbatrix aceti • Hypernyms: eelworm • Member Holonyms: Anguillula, genus Anguillula, Turbatrix, genus Turbatrix

worm Click to Search worm
I noun 1. any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae (Freq. 3) • Derivationally related forms: wormy • Hypernyms: invertebrate • Hyponyms: helminth, parasitic worm, woodworm, acanthocephalan, spiny-headed worm, arrowworm, chaetognath, flatworm, platyhelminth, ribbon worm, nemertean, nemertine, proboscis worm, beard worm, pogonophoran, nematode, nematode worm, roundworm, annelid, annelid worm, segmented worm 2. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect (Freq. 2) • Syn: louse, insect, dirt ball • Hypernyms: unpleasant person, disagreeable person 3. a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network - example : worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers • Hypernyms: malevolent program 4. screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack • Hypernyms: screw • Part Holonyms: worm gear II verb to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) - example : The prisoner writhed in discomfort - example : The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace • Syn: writhe, wrestle, wriggle, squirm, twist • Derivationally related forms: twist (for: twist), twister (for: twist), squirmer (for: squirm), squirm (for: squirm), wriggler (for: wriggle), wriggle (for: wriggle) • Hypernyms: move • Hyponyms: wrench • Verb Frames: - example : Something ----s - example : Somebody ----s

worm family Click to Search worm family
noun a family of worms • Hypernyms: family • Hyponyms: Fasciolidae, family Fasciolidae, Schistosomatidae, family Schistosomatidae, Taeniidae, family Taeniidae, Ascaridae, family Ascaridae, Oxyuridae, family Oxyuridae, Cephalobidae, family Cephalobidae, Tylenchidae, family Tylenchidae, Ancylostomatidae, family Ancylostomatidae, Filariidae, family Filariidae, Dracunculidae, family Dracunculidae, Branchiobdellidae, family Branchiobdellidae, Terebellidae, family Terebellidae, Hirudinidae, family Hirudinidae • Member Holonyms: Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom

worm fence Click to Search worm fence
noun rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails • Syn: snake fence, snake-rail fence, Virginia fence • Hypernyms: rail fence

worm fish Click to Search worm fish
noun poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies • Hypernyms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean • Member Holonyms: Microdesmidae, family Microdesmidae

worm gear Click to Search worm gear
noun gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion • Hypernyms: gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel • Part Meronyms: worm, worm wheel

worm genus Click to Search worm genus
noun a genus of worms • Hypernyms: genus • Hyponyms: genus Sagitta, genus Spadella, Fasciola, genus Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, genus Fasciolopsis, Schistosoma, genus Schistosoma, genus Echinococcus, genus Taenia, Ascaris, genus Ascaris, Ascaridia, genus Ascaridia, Enterobius, genus Enterobius, Anguillula, genus Anguillula, Turbatrix, genus Turbatrix, Tylenchus, genus Tylenchus, Dracunculus, genus Dracunculus, Branchiobdella, genus Branchiobdella, Terebella, genus Terebella, Polycirrus, genus Polycirrus, Hirudo, genus Hirudo, Haemopis, genus Haemopis • Member Holonyms: Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom

worm lizard Click to Search worm lizard
noun a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail • Hypernyms: lizard • Member Holonyms: Amphisbaena, genus Amphisbaena, Amphisbaenia, genus Amphisbaenia

worm salamander Click to Search worm salamander
noun any of several small slim salamanders of the Pacific coast of the United States • Syn: slender salamander • Hypernyms: salamander • Member Holonyms: Batrachoseps, genus Batrachoseps

worm snake Click to Search worm snake
noun 1. wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes • Syn: blind snake • Hypernyms: snake, serpent, ophidian • Hyponyms: western blind snake, Leptotyphlops humilis • Member Holonyms: Leptotyphlopidae, family Leptotyphlopidae 2. small reddish wormlike snake of eastern United States • Syn: thunder snake, Carphophis amoenus • Hypernyms: colubrid snake, colubrid • Member Holonyms: Carphophis, genus Carphophis

worm wheel Click to Search worm wheel
noun gear with the thread of a worm • Hypernyms: gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel • Part Holonyms: worm gear

wormcast Click to Search wormcast
noun 1. cylindrical mass of earth voided by a burrowing earthworm or lugworm • Hypernyms: body waste, excretion, excreta, excrement, excretory product 2. fossil trail of a worm • Hypernyms: fossil

worm-eaten Click to Search worm-eaten
adjective infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms • Syn: vermiculate, wormy • Similar to: worn • Derivationally related forms: worm (for: wormy)

wormhole Click to Search wormhole
noun hole made by a burrowing worm • Hypernyms: hole, hollow

Wormian bone Click to Search Wormian bone
noun any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones • Syn: sutural bone • Hypernyms: bone, os

wormlike Click to Search wormlike
adjective totally submissive • Syn: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormy • Similar to: submissive

wormseed Click to Search wormseed
noun rank-smelling tropical American pigweed • Syn: American wormseed, Mexican tea, Spanish tea, Chenopodium ambrosioides • Hypernyms: goosefoot

wormseed mustard Click to Search wormseed mustard
noun slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic • Syn: Erysimum cheiranthoides • Hypernyms: weed • Member Holonyms: Erysimum, genus Erysimum

worm-shaped Click to Search worm-shaped
adjective resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical • Syn: vermiform • Similar to: formed

wormwood Click to Search wormwood
noun any of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium • Hypernyms: subshrub, suffrutex • Hyponyms: mugwort, southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum, common wormwood, absinthe, old man, lad's love, Artemisia absinthium, sweet wormwood, Artemisia annua, field wormwood, Artemisia campestris, wormwood sage, prairie sagewort, Artemisia frigida, Roman wormwood, Artemis pontica, dusty miller, beach wormwood, old woman, Artemisia stelleriana, sea wormwood, Seriphidium maritimum, Artemisia maritima • Member Holonyms: Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family

wormwood oil Click to Search wormwood oil
noun a dark bitter oil obtained from wormwood leaves; flavors absinthe liqueurs • Syn: absinthe oil • Hypernyms: essential oil, volatile oil

wormwood sage Click to Search wormwood sage
noun silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets • Syn: prairie sagewort, Artemisia frigida • Hypernyms: wormwood • Member Holonyms: genus Artemisia

wormy Click to Search wormy
adjective 1. totally submissive • Syn: cringing, groveling, grovelling, wormlike • Similar to: submissive 2. infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms • Syn: vermiculate, worm-eaten • Similar to: worn • Derivationally related forms: worm

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Linguatic English Turkish Dictionary

dew worm

meal worm

worm

worm

worm a secret out of smb

worm drive

worm eaten

worm gear

worm one`s way

worm one´s way out of/worm o.s. out of

worm one´s way through

worm oneself

worm s.t. out of s.o.

worm wheel

worm-eaten

wormone´s way into/worm o.s. into

wormwood

wormy

Linguatic English English Dictionary

ear worm

galley worm

glow worm

malt worm

span worm

the early bird catches the worm

thread worm

WORM

WORM

WORM (Write Once Read Many)

worm eaten

worm gear

worm hole

worm out a secret

wormhole

wormlike

wormseed

wormwood

wormy

Linguatic English German Dictionary

ear worm

galley worm

glow worm

malt worm

the early bird catches the worm

thread worm

WORM

worm eaten

worm out a secret

wormhole

wormlike

wormseed

wormwood

wormy

WordNet 3.0 Dictionary

annelid worm

army worm

beard worm

bladder worm

dew worm

fishing worm

Guinea worm

Guinea worm disease

measuring worm

nematode worm

oligochaete worm

parasitic worm

peanut worm

polychaete worm

polychete worm

potato worm

proboscis worm

railroad worm

red worm

ribbon worm

segmented worm

spiny-headed worm

tomato worm

tongue worm