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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative spelling of maw-worm.
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bot