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skin worm

skin worm noun: a small worm or other parasite which infects the skin.

Noun

skin worm (plural skin worms)

  1. A small worm or other parasite which infects the skin.
    • Alike desires perturbe both a skinne-worme [translating ciron], and an Elephant.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Forms of skin worm

pluralskin worms

Origin of skin worm

From skin + worm, in later use partly after German Hautwurm.

Questions about skin worm

What does skin worm mean?
Skin worm means a small worm or other parasite which infects the skin.
What part of speech is skin worm?
Skin worm is a noun.
What is the plural of skin worm?
The plural of skin worm is skin worms.

Words near skin worm in the dictionary

  1. skin trade
  2. skin up
  3. skin virgin
  4. skin virgins
  5. skin wool
  6. skin worm
  7. skin worms
  8. skin-art
  9. skin-crawling
  10. skin-deep
  11. skin-dive

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