railroad worm
North American
noun
1The larva of the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (family Tephritidae), which makes winding tunnels in the flesh of apples.
2= railway beetle.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in The Century Dictionary.
- extemporariness
- extemporary
- extempore
- extemporise
- extemporization
- extemporize
- extend
- extendability
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- extended family
- extended-play
- extender
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- extension
- extensional
- extension cord
- extension ladder
- extension lead
- extension tube
- extensive