Pillworm
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pillworm is a noun meaning (rare) Any myriapod which rolls up for protection; a galleyworm.
Meaning
(rare) Any myriapod which rolls up for protection; a galleyworm.
Example Sentences
The PILLWORM is restless, aggressive, and nearly as destructive as, though more sophisticated than, the APHID.
an event which happened years earlier had eaten away at the parish in his charge as a pillworm eats at a plant.
Another one (Armadillo rugulosus) is endowed with the power of rolling itself up in a ball like the "pill-worm" of the Old Country
The high beach inhabitants include different kinds of periwinkles, a burrowing worm called the pill worm, and the beach hoppers that often parade along the beach in great numbers in early morning or twilight.
Word Forms
- pillworms
- pill worm
- pill-worm
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include galley-worm, galleyworm, inchworm, spanworm, pillbug, wireworm.
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