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worm

[wurm] / wɜrm /


NOUN
grub
Synonyms


NOUN
maggot
Synonyms
STRONGEST
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Emojis, Disney characters, cigarettes and more pile up in humorous scenes that include a saber-toothed tiger driving a dune buggy and a pair of corvids fighting over a worm.

From The Wall Street Journal

I had forgotten and left a nice fat worm wadded up on the hook.

From Literature

It tasted like rotten vegetables, and it was slimy, and I think I swallowed a worm.

From Literature

We live in a society that values hard work, where we’ve been told since we were small children that “the early bird gets the worm.”

From The Wall Street Journal

These worms move very slowly, raising the question of how they manage to show up in nearby gardens that have not received new plants.

From Science Daily