wormy

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But its wormy shape gives it the ability to swim right into the gills of fish, where it drinks its fill of blood.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

Surprisingly, more than 1400 of these wormy genes closely matched genes from the very mantises they parasitized.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 19, 2023

Here, a midnight selfie from the trip: in the camera’s white flash, Tara’s purple buzzcut and wide, wry grin; his sheepish moue at his wormy mustache.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2022

“He is willing to knock the big rock over to show the squirrelly, wormy bits underneath it,” Ms. Rothman said.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2018

They were a little wormy, but it was wonderful to eat an apple again.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George