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mealworms

mealworms is the plural of mealworm.

Meaning of mealworm

Noun

mealworm (plural mealworms)

  1. (usually) The larval stage of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle.
    • We buy mealworms to supplement our chickens' feed ration, and they do some scratching in the yard to find other bugs too.
  2. (broadly, informal, sometimes) This or any other larva that looks similar and is found in similar circumstances (i.e., in meal, in flour, in food, in the pantry, in feed, in the feedroom), such as the larva of a mealmoth (flour moth).
    • Near-synonym: waxworm
    Synonyms:
    waxworm

Questions about mealworms

What is mealworms the plural of?
Mealworms is the plural of mealworm.

Words near mealworms in the dictionary

  1. mealtimes
  2. mealware
  3. mealworm
  4. mealworm beetle
  5. mealworm beetles
  6. mealworms
  7. mealy
  8. mealy bug
  9. mealy bugs
  10. Mealy machine
  11. Mealy machines

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