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worm

[wurm] / wɜrm /


NOUN
grub
Synonyms


NOUN
maggot
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
















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This same effect is experienced by millions of people worldwide who live with long-term parasitic worm infections.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

Emojis, Disney characters, cigarettes and more pile up in humorous scenes that include a saber-toothed tiger driving a dune buggy and a pair of corvids fighting over a worm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Most worm infections are not serious though and can be easily treated with medicine.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

In fact, she seems to think he’s a whiny little worm.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

The golf lady and the librarian and the commenters in the USA Today article—the rock lifts, and the worm wriggles out, and the fury stirs.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti