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wireworm definition

wire·worm (-wʉrm′)

noun

  1. any of the slender, hard-bodied, wormlike larvae of click beetles, that often live underground and attack the roots of crops
  2. a millipede (genus Julus)
  3. a roundworm (Haemonchus contortus) parasitic in the stomach and small intestine of cattle and sheep

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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