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galleyworms

galleyworms is the plural of galleyworm.

Meaning of galleyworm

Noun

galleyworm (plural galleyworms)

  1. A centipede or millipede.
    • The larvae are elongated and in many cases much like the more flattened millipedes or galleyworms in appearance.1936, Rennie Wilbur Doane, Edwin Cooper Van Dyke, Willard Joseph Chamberlin, Forest Insects, page 212

Questions about galleyworms

What is galleyworms the plural of?
Galleyworms is the plural of galleyworm.

Words near galleyworms in the dictionary

  1. galleypot
  2. galleypots
  3. galleys
  4. galleyslave
  5. galleyworm
  6. galleyworms
  7. gallflies
  8. gallflower
  9. gallflowers
  10. gallfly
  11. Galli

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