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ˈcorn-worm The larva of the Corn-moth or other insect, destructive to grain.
a800Corpus Gloss. 2114 Ue[r]miculus, cornuurma. c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 117 Uermiculus, cornwurma. 1660Hexham Dutch Dict., Een Kalander..a Corne-worme. 1862Chambers' Encycl. s.v. Cornmoth, The corn-worm eats into the grain, and attaches grains together by a web. |