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   Worm

   /wərm/

   

   noun

   • 1. any of a number of creeping or burrowing invertebrate animals with long, slender soft bodies and no limbs.
   • ▪ an earthworm.
   • ▪ intestinal or other internal parasites: "she ate so much so often that I thought she had worms"
   • ▪ used in names of long, slender insect larvae, especially those in fruit or wood, e.g. armyworm, woodworm.
   • ▪ used in names of other animals that resemble worms in some way, e.g. slow-worm, shipworm.
   • ▪ a maggot supposed to eat buried corpses: "food for worms"
   • ▪ a dragon or other mythical snake-like reptile. archaic
   • 2. a weak or despicable person (used as a general term of contempt): informal, derogatory "it was unbearable that such a worm could be so successful"
   • 3. a helical device or component.
   • ▪ the threaded cylinder in a worm gear.
   • ▪ the coiled pipe of a still in which the vapor is cooled and condensed.
   • 4. a self-replicating program able to propagate itself across a network, typically having a detrimental effect.

   verb

   • 1. move with difficulty by crawling or wriggling: "I wormed my way along the roadside ditch"
   • ▪ move (something) into a confined space by wriggling it: "I wormed my right hand between my body and the earth"
   • 2. insinuate one's way into: "the educated dealers may later worm their way into stockbroking"
   • ▪ obtain information from (someone) by cunning persistence: "I did manage to worm a few details out of him"
   • 3. treat (an animal) with a preparation designed to expel parasitic worms: "I wormed her over a course of three weeks"
   • 4. make (a rope) smooth by winding small cordage between the strands. archaic

   Word Origin Old Englishwyrm (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Latin vermis ‘worm’ and Greek rhomox ‘woodworm’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wormlike adjective

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   What are the different types of worms?

   • The major groups of worms include various species of flatworm, annelid, ribbon worm, spiny-headed worm, and aschelminth ( qq.v. ). Worms typically have an elongated, tubelike body, usually rather cylindrical, flattened, or leaflike in shape and often without appendages.

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   How do I remove a worm?

   • Deworming is a method to kill off the worms that have infected a human or animal by giving anthelmintic drugs. "Ringworm" is not a worm at all, but a skin fungus.

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   How do worms spread?

   • A worm is a type of malware that can copy itself and often spreads through a network by exploiting security vulnerabilities. It can spread through email attachments, text messages, file-sharing programs, social networking sites, network shares, removable drives, and software vulnerabilities. Worms represent a large category of malware.

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3. www.britannica.com › animal › wormWorm | Segmented, Annelid, Invertebrate | Britannica

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   May 3, 2024 · Worm, any of various unrelated invertebrate animals that typically have soft, slender, elongated bodies. Worms usually lack appendages; polychaete annelids are a conspicuous exception. Worms are members of several invertebrate phyla, including Platyhelminthes (flatworms), Annelida (segmented

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   3 days ago · What is a worm? A worm includes any invertebrate animal that has a long body with no appendages. They cover over 1 million different types of invertebrates, and they are considered invasive species. They are divided into three groups, which include the flatworm, the roundworm, and the segmented worm.

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   May 21, 2024 · earthworm, any one of more than 1,800 species of terrestrial worms of the class Oligochaeta (phylum Annelida)—in particular, members of the genus Lumbricus. Seventeen native species and 13 introduced species (from Europe) occur in the eastern United States, L. terrestris being the most common.

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   May 3, 2024 · noun. verb. How to Use worm in a Sentence. worm. 1 of 2 noun. Definition of worm. Synonyms for worm. I often see worms in the garden. We always used worms as bait for fishing. The worm of my corkscrew went through the wax just fine. Dave McIntyre, Washington Post , 8 Sep. 2022. The early bird gets the worm (or in this case, the wedding venue).

8. www.wired.com › story › parasites-worms-climateIn Defense of Parasitic Worms | WIRED

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   May 11, 2024 · Science. May 11, 2024 2:00 AM. In Defense of Parasitic Worms. Nature can’t run without parasites, and climate change is driving some to extinction. What happens when they start to disappear?...

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   5 days ago · Many caterpillars within the order Lepidoptera are called worms, such as the measuring worm, silkworm, and armyworm.

10. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › parasitic wormParasitic worm - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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    May 19, 2024 · /ˈpɛrəˌsɪdɪk wərm/ IPA guide. Other forms: parasitic worms. Definitions of parasitic worm. noun. worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes. synonyms: helminth. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Parasitic worm."