Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wheatworm \Wheat"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small nematode worm ({Anguillula tritici}) which attacks
the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected
with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large
number of the minute young of the worm.
Wheatworm \Wheat"worm`\, n.
A small nematode worm ({Tylenchus tritici}) which attacks
wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the air.
Source : WordNet®
wheatworm
n : small roundworm parasitic on wheat [syn: {wheat eel}, {wheat
eelworm}, {Tylenchus tritici}]