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wheatworm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wheat-worm
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Anguina tritici, a nematode worm that attacks wheat.

Etymology

From wheat + worm.

Inflected Forms

wheatworms (plural)

Synonyms

ear-cockle nematode seed-gall nematode seed and leaf gall nematode wheat gall nematode wheat seed gall nematode wheat seed-gall nematode wheat seed and leaf gall nematode wheat eel wheat eelworm tylenchus tritici

Questions

What does wheatworm mean?
Anguina tritici, a nematode worm that attacks wheat.
Where does wheatworm come from?
From wheat + worm.

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