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wheatworm

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}]
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