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JOINTWORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains
Synonyms:
jointworm; strawworm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jointworm" is a kind of...):
larva (the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose)
Holonyms ("jointworm" is a member of...):
Chalcidae; Chalcididae; family Chalcidae; family Chalcididae (an arthropod family including: chalcidflies)
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