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wormy

[wur-mee] / ˈwɜr mi /
ADJECTIVE
infested
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But its wormy shape gives it the ability to swim right into the gills of fish, where it drinks its fill of blood.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2024

Surprisingly, more than 1400 of these wormy genes closely matched genes from the very mantises they parasitized.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 19, 2023

Here, a midnight selfie from the trip: in the camera’s white flash, Tara’s purple buzzcut and wide, wry grin; his sheepish moue at his wormy mustache.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2022

In its grimmer moments, the play hints at something wormy at the heart of this American pastoral.

From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2021

These days, it’s nearly impossible to endure even her own bakeries—the wormy curves of the buttery croissants, the gluey honey buns with fat pecans trapped like roaches in the cinnamon crevices.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

The only question about Walsh and Wyche is which of them is wormier with ideas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ira exclaimed, “Again? You’re the wormiest kid in Key West, Kermit!”

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm




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