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Wheatworm

Wheatworm Meaning & Definition
Wheatworm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wheatworm?

[n] small roundworm parasitic on wheat

Synonyms | Synonyms for Wheatworm: Tylenchus tritici | wheat eel | wheat eelworm

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See Also | genus Tylenchus | nematode | nematode worm | roundworm | Tylenchus

Wheatworm In Webster's Dictionary

\Wheat"worm`\, n. A small nematode worm ({Tylenchus tritici}) which attacks wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the air.
\Wheat"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A small nematode worm ({Anguillula tritici}) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm.

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