Mawworm
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
An intestinal worm which may be found in the stomach, as a pin-worm or threadworm, such as
Oxyuris vermicularis.
noun.
A man who resembles Mawworm, a character in Bickerstaffe's play “The Hypocrite,” 1769; a hypocritical pretender to sanctity.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm (
Ascaris lumbricoides
), and allied species.
noun.
One of the larvæ of botflies of horses; a bot.
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noun.
Alternative spelling of
maw-worm
.
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
bot