wheatworm

English

Etymology

From wheat +‎ worm.

Noun

wheatworm (plural wheatworms)

1. Anguina tritici, a nematode worm that attacks wheat.

Synonyms

• (Anguina tritici): 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

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “wheatworm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “wheatworm”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Anguina tritici on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anguina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anguina tritici on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Anguina tritici at National Center for Biotechnology Information