noun A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
noun More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms. See Appendix:English worms.
noun Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake (cf. “dragon”; blindworm, slowworm, “legless lizard”), snail, or caterpillar. A maggot or any other insect larva with similar shape and behavior.
Those little wriggling worms are the larvae of flies who laid eggs here.
noun A maggot or any other insect larva with similar shape and behavior.
Those little wriggling worms are the larvae of flies who laid eggs here.
noun A dragon, today especially Germanic dragon, more often of the serpentine or wingless type, for example sea serpent, but also any kind of dragon.
noun Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless), a gigantic sea serpent, or a creature that resembles a Mongolian death worm.
noun A contemptible or devious being.
Don't try to run away, you little worm!
noun A self-replicating program that propagates through a network by copying itself, differing from a virus which seeks to propagate by inserting its code into other executable files.
When Trevor opened his email, a worm spread to 100 people in his address book.