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white worms

white worms is the plural of white worm.

Meaning of white worm

Noun

white worm (plural white worms)

  1. Any annelid of the genus Enchytraeus, especially Enchytraeus albidus.
    • Underneath, sunk in the floor, and most of them covered with chicken wire, there were tray upon tray swarming and heaving with worms and baits: white worms, micro worms, Daphnia, shrimp and thick slimy clam worms.1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 156
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see white, worm.

Questions about white worms

What is white worms the plural of?
White worms is the plural of white worm.

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