jointworm

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Noun

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joint=worm

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun jointworm has 1 sense

jointworm(n = noun.animal) strawworm - larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains;

is a member of chalcidae, chalcididae, family chalcidae, family chalcididae

is a kind of larva

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CIDE DICTIONARY

jointworm, n.

The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop. [1913 Webster]