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Meaning of 'wheatworm' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.

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