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wormlet

wormlet noun: a small worm.

Noun

wormlet (plural wormlets)

  1. A small worm.
    • […] her mother was provident, stingy; in kitchen drawers Puttermesser still discovered folded squares of used ancient waxed paper, million-creased into whiteness, cheese-smelling, nesting small unidentifiable wormlets […]1997, Cynthia Ozick, The Puttermesser Papers, New York: Knopf, page 3
    Synonyms:
    wormling

Synonyms of wormlet

Forms of wormlet

pluralwormlets

Origin of wormlet

From worm + -let.

Questions about wormlet

What does wormlet mean?
Wormlet means a small worm.
What part of speech is wormlet?
Wormlet is a noun.
What is the plural of wormlet?
The plural of wormlet is wormlets.

Words near wormlet in the dictionary

  1. wormish
  2. Wormit
  3. Wormleighton
  4. wormless
  5. wormlessness
  6. wormlet
  7. wormlets
  8. Wormley
  9. Wormleys
  10. wormlike
  11. wormlike chain

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