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Worms

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worm
1.
worm
Noun

a small soft-bodied animal with an elongated body that lacks limbs and eyes

The worm wriggled through the moist soil.

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2.
lug
worm
Noun

a sandworm that lives near the sea and is used as bait for fishing

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earthworm
3.
earthworm
Noun

a terrestrial invertebrate of the annelid family that moves through the soil and feeds on organic matter

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centipede
4.
cen
ti
pede
Noun

an arthropod with many pairs of legs and a pair of poisonous fangs

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5.
flat
worm
Noun

a simple worm with a soft unsegmented body that is flat, some types of which are parasitic

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millipede
6.
mi
lli
pede
Noun

any arthropod of the diplopod family with a segmented body and many pairs of legs

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tapeworm
7.
tape
worm
Noun

a parasitic flatworm that is shaped like a ribbon and lives in the intestines of mammals

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8.
thread
worm
Noun

a long tiny nematode that infests the intestines, especially rectum, of mammals

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leech
9.
leech
Noun

a parasitic or predatory worm of the annelid family that lives in freshwaters and drinks blood by attaching itself to its prey

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nematode
10.
ne
ma
tode
Noun

any long and cylindrical worm with a segmented body that is either parasitic or free-living

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caterpillar
11.
ca
ter
pi
llar
Noun

a long and small wormlike larva of a moth or butterfly that has many limbs

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12.
wood
worm
Noun

the larvae of a beetle that feed on wood and make a lot of holes in it

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13.
hook
worm
Noun

a parasitic roundworm with strong hooks or plates that attaches to an animal or a human's intestines and causes an infection or disease

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14.
liver fluke
Noun

any parasitic worm of the trematode family that invades the liver of a mammal

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15.
glow
worm
Noun

a type of insect, the female of which emits light through bioluminescence, especially a firefly

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