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Wireworm

Wireworm Meaning & Definition
Wireworm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wireworm?

[n] wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants

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See Also | Elateridae | family Elateridae | larva

Wireworm In Webster's Dictionary

\Wire"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of the larv[ae] of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also {wire grub}. (b) A galleyworm.

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