💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Backworm"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| filandersnoun | (falconry, obsolete) A disease in hawks, characterized by the presence of small thread-like worms and of filaments of coagulated blood, from the rupture of a vein. |
| dropwormnoun | The larva of any geometrid moth, such as the cankerworm, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk. |
| wolf wormnoun | (US) botfly larva |
| book wormnoun | (rare, perhaps archaic) Alternative form of bookworm. [Any of various insects that infest books.] |
| blood wormnoun | A larva of any chironomid midge in the (family Chironomidae). |
| horsewormnoun | (archaic) The larva of a botfly. |
| wormfowlnoun | Any bird that feeds primarily on worms. |
| seatwormnoun | (US) The pinworm or threadworm (genus Enterobius). |
| threadwormnoun | (UK, Australia) The pinworm. |
| brainwormnoun | (figurative, informal) A song or melody that keeps playing inside of one's mind. |
| hairwormnoun | A nematomorph. |
| hornwormnoun | A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process. |
| wheal-wormnoun | (archaic) A harvest mite, Trombicula sp. |
| wormletnoun | A small worm. |
| flagwormnoun | A worm or grub, such as Corthylus columbianus (chestnut timber worm, Columbian timber beetle), found among flags and sedge. |
| gourdwormnoun | (obsolete) A fluke or trematode worm, especially the liver fluke. |
| wormulnoun | (archaic) warble fly |
| wirewormnoun | The larva of the click beetle. |
| bloodwormnoun | Alternative spelling of blood worm. [A larva of any chironomid midge in the (family Chironomidae).] |
| apple wormnoun | The larva of the codling moth (Cydia pomonella). |
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