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    WHEATWORM

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small roundworm parasitic on wheatplay

    Synonyms:

    Tylenchus tritici; wheat eel; wheat eelworm; wheatworm

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("wheatworm" is a kind of...):

    nematode; nematode worm; roundworm (unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic)

    Holonyms ("wheatworm" is a member of...):

    genus Tylenchus; Tylenchus (type genus of the family Tylenchidae)

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