brainworm
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A neurotropic nematode parasite (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis).
Example Sentences
- "Only rarely do we find a brainworm-infected moose that has larvae in its feces."
- "She caught my expression, and added quickly, “Oh, but not bad brain worms. Good brain worms. They know most of the languages that are spoken across the worlds, and pretty soon you will too.”"
- ""Yes. And I'm going to get back to her. Nothing's going to stand in the way of that. Not two thousand years...not some overambitious species that think they're gods...not monsters or brain-worms or secret assassins.""
- "This allows brain worms to animate their dead bodies, creating shambling warriors that fight for their queens."
- "Which points out the difference between this song and other brainworms."
- "Although brainworms are no doubt ancient, the term has come into common use only in the last few decades, probably because suddenly music is ubiquitous, […]"