Wheatworm

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wheatworm \Wheat"worm`\, n.
     A small nematode worm ({Tylenchus tritici}, formerly
     {Anguillula tritici}) which attacks wheat, advancing through
     the stem to the grains in the ear. In wheat affected with
     smut, each of the diseased grains may contain a large number
     of the minute young of the worm.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wheatworm
       n : small roundworm parasitic on wheat [syn: {wheat eel}, {wheat
           eelworm}, {Tylenchus tritici}]