| NOUN | animal | jointworm, strawworm | larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains |
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| Meaning | larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains. | |
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| Synonym | strawworm | |
| Member of | Chalcididae, family Chalcididae, Chalcidae, family Chalcidae | An arthropod family including |
| Broader | larva | The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose |
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