Definition of wheatworm Wheatworm

wheat•worm

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What does wheatworm mean?

Noun Plural: wheatworms
wheatworm - small roundworm parasitic on wheat
		wheat eel, wheat eelworm, Tylenchus tritici
		nematode, nematode worm, roundworm unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic

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wheatworm (n.)
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.