maw-worm

See also: mawworm, Mawworm, and maw worm

English

Noun

maw-worm (plural maw-worms)

  1. Any of several parasitic worms which infest the mammalian stomach and intestines, especially a nematode.
    • 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 121:
      The maw-worm could emerge unexpectedly from any orifice, including, most alarmingly, the corner of people's eyes.

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  • OED online 3rd edition 2010
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