HyperDic: jointworm

English > 1 sense of the word jointworm:
NOUNanimaljointworm, strawwormlarva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains
English > jointworm: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains.
Synonymstrawworm
Member ofChalcididae, family Chalcididae, Chalcidae, family ChalcidaeAn arthropod family including
BroaderlarvaThe 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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