STRAWWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strawworm mean? 

• STRAWWORM (noun)
  The noun STRAWWORM has 2 senses:

1. larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris

2. larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains

  Familiarity information: STRAWWORM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRAWWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

caddisworm; strawworm

Hypernyms ("strawworm" is a kind of...):

caseworm (insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body)

Holonyms ("strawworm" is a member of...):

order Trichoptera; Trichoptera (an order of insects consisting of caddis flies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

jointworm; strawworm

Hypernyms ("strawworm" is a kind of...):

larva (the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose)

Holonyms ("strawworm" is a member of...):

Chalcidae; Chalcididae; family Chalcidae; family Chalcididae (an arthropod family including: chalcidflies)