Wormlet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small worm.

    "[…] her mother was provident, stingy; in kitchen drawers Puttermesser still discovered folded squares of used ancient waxed paper, million-creased into whiteness, cheese-smelling, nesting small unidentifiable wormlets […]"

Synonyms

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wormlingwormling

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"[…] her mother was provident, stingy; in kitchen drawers Puttermesser still discovered folded squares of used ancient waxed paper, million-creased into whiteness, cheese-smelling, nesting small unidentifiable wormlets […]"

Etymology

From worm + -let.

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