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galley worm

galley worm is the alternative form of galley-worm.

Meaning of galley-worm

Noun

galley-worm (plural galley-worms)

  1. (dated) A chilognath myriapod of the genus Julus and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a kind of millipede.

Forms of galley worm

pluralgalley worms

Questions about galley worm

What is galley worm the alternative form of?
Galley worm is the alternative form of galley-worm.

Words near galley worm in the dictionary

  1. galley proofs
  2. galley slave
  3. galley slaves
  4. galley slice
  5. galley slices
  6. galley worm
  7. galley worms
  8. galley yarn
  9. galley yarns
  10. galley-slave
  11. galley-slaves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: galley worm (page history and authors); galley-worm (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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