wheatworm Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun small roundworm parasitic on wheat
Tylenchus tritici; wheat eelworm; wheat eel.
WordNet
Wheat"worm` noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.) A small nematode worm ( Anguillula tritici ) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm.
