plural of worm lizard

A small worm or other parasite which infects the skin.

An annelid.

A larva or larviform female adult of a beetle of the genus Phrixothrix, characterized by two different colours of bioluminescence, red and green, like railroad signals.

Alternative form of lob-worm

The lugworm, especially when used in angling.

A worm of the phylum Onychophora: an ecdysozoan organism with tiny eyes, antennae, multiple pairs of legs, and slime glands.

A chilognath myriapod of the genus Julus and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a millipede.

A horsehair worm (Nematomorpha) that fatally parasitizes insects and crustacea in its larval stage.

A gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel in such a way as to turn the direction of drive through a right angle.