Worble

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

  Worble \Wor"ble\, n. (Zool.)
     See {Wormil}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Wormil \Wor"mil\, n. [Cf. 1st {Warble}.]
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     1. (Zool.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the
        skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores.
        They belong to various species of {Hypoderma} and allied
        genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large
        species. See {Gadfly}. Called also {warble}, and {worble}.
        [Written also {wormal}, {wormul}, and {wornil}.]
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     2. (Far.) See 1st {Warble}, 1
        (b) .
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