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jointworm
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun jointworm has 1 sense
- jointworm(n = noun.animal) strawworm - larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains; Array is a member of chalcidae, chalcididae, family chalcidae, family chalcididae
is a kind of larva
CIDE DICTIONARY
jointworm, n.
The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei ), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop. [1913 Webster]
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