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Animals - Worms

Here you will learn the names of different types of worms in English, such as "caterpillar", "leech", and "tapeworm".

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worm
worm
[noun]

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

Ex: After the rain , worms came to the surface of the soil .
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lugworm
lugworm
[noun]

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

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earthworm
earthworm
[noun]

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

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centipede
centipede
[noun]

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

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flatworm
flatworm
[noun]

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

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millipede
millipede
[noun]

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

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tapeworm
tapeworm
[noun]

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

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threadworm

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

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leech
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
nematode
[noun]

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

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caterpillar

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

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woodworm
woodworm
[noun]

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

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hookworm
hookworm
[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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liver fluke

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

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glowworm
glowworm
[noun]

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

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