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slugworm

noun

Etymology

From slug + worm.

  1. inherited from *wr̥mis✻
  2. inherited from *wurmiz✻
  3. inherited from wyrm — “worm, snake”
  4. inherited from worm
  5. compounded as slugworm — “slug + worm”

Definitions

  1. Any of a number of caterpillars which have the general appearance of a slug.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA