jointworm

joint·worm

J0058200 (joint′wûrm′)n. A larva of any of various chalcid wasps of the family Eurytomidae, especially of Tetramesa tritici, that infests grains, causing swelling and subsequent breakage near the first joint of the stem.

jointworm

(ˈdʒɔɪntˌwɜːm) n (Animals) US the larva of chalcid flies of the genus Harmolita, esp H. tritici, which form galls on the stems of cereal plants

joint•worm

(ˈdʒɔɪntˌwɜrm)

n. a chalcid larva that feeds within the stems of grasses, often forming a gall at a joint. Also called strawworm.

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jointworm - larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grainsstrawwormChalcidae, Chalcididae, family Chalcidae, family Chalcididae - an arthropod family including: chalcidflieslarva - 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