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wheatworm
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wheatworm, n.
A small nematode worm (Tylenchus tritici , formerly Anguillula tritici ) which attacks wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the ear. In wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains may contain a large number of the minute young of the worm. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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