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pillworms

pillworms is the plural of pillworm.

Meaning of pillworm

Noun

pillworm (plural pillworms)

  1. (rare) Any myriapod which rolls up for protection; a galleyworm.
    • Another one (Armadillo rugulosus) is endowed with the power of rolling itself up in a ball like the "pill-worm" of the Old Country1904, Alexander Bathgate, Dunedin and Its Neighbourhood: A Short Account of Its ..., page 68

Questions about pillworms

What is pillworms the plural of?
Pillworms is the plural of pillworm.

Words near pillworms in the dictionary

  1. pills up
  2. Pillsbury
  3. Pillsburys
  4. pillsnail
  5. pillworm
  6. pillworms
  7. pillwort
  8. pillworts
  9. pilly
  10. pilly willies
  11. pilly willy

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