railroad worm

noun

Definitions

  1. A larva or larviform female adult of a beetle of the genus Phrixothrix, characterized by…

    A larva or larviform female adult of a beetle of the genus Phrixothrix, characterized by two different colours of bioluminescence, red and green, like railroad signals.

  2. An apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella)

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No curated loop yet for railroad worm. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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