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The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.

a reader without appreciation. I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. Pope.

A caddice. See Caddice.

ng, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larvæ are also called cankerworms.

A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.

An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket. Johnson.

The ringworm.

off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvæ of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths.

See Earthworm.

of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm.

Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.

he leaves of the cranberry, so that the vines look as if burned; -- called also cranberry worm.

A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.

Same as 1st Fluke, 2.

A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or "thousand legs." See Chilognatha.

The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.

ca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments. Like a glowworm in the night, The which hath fire in darkness, none in light. Shak.

The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler.

The fluke of sheep. See Fluke.