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worm

[wurm] / wɜrm /


NOUN
grub
Synonyms


NOUN
maggot
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
















Example Sentences

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“Just looking at it, I don’t know what it could be. It could be gummy worms or it could have something in it,” Orbe said.

From The Wall Street Journal

An international team led by the University of Cologne studied tiny soil worms known as nematodes in Chile's Atacama Desert.

From Science Daily

I pressed my mouth into a line, wondering if I’d opened a can of worms.

From Literature

If he thought he was going to worm his way back into her good graces by complimenting her kid, he had another thing coming.

From Literature

She said they were unable to safely drink the flood water because they could be swept away and their main food source, worms, have been flattened or dried out by the rain.

From BBC