wireworm Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants
WordNet
Wire"worm` noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.) (a) One of the larvæ of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub .(b) A galleyworm.
