Reference meaning
worm
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any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
Other meanings
2. noun
a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
3. noun
a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network
4. noun
screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
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