worm
— Noun
– English
~ screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
worm
— Noun
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~ any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
worm fish
— Noun
– English
~ poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies
worm
— Noun
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~ a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network; "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"
worm gear
— Noun
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~ gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion
worm wheel
— Noun
– English
~ gear with the thread of a worm
worm salamander
— Noun
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~ any of several small slim salamanders of the Pacific coast of the United States
worm snake
— Noun
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~ wormlike burrowing snake of warm regions having vestigial eyes
worm
— Noun
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~ a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
worm lizard
— Noun
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~ a lizard of the genus Amphisbaena; harmless wormlike limbless lizard of warm or tropical regions having concealed eyes and ears and a short blunt tail
worm-shaped
— Adjective
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~ resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical
worm-eaten
— Adjective
– English
~ infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
worm
— Verb
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~ to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"