wheatworm

wheatworm
noun
small roundworm parasitic on wheat
• Hypernyms: ↑nematode, ↑nematode worm, ↑roundworm
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tylenchus, ↑genus Tylenchus

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: a small nematode worm (Anguina tritici) that is parasitic on wheat, oats, and other grasses, that invades the plant at the leaf axil as a larva where it induces stunting and distortion of leaves, and that subsequently passes to the inflorescence and causes the seeds to be replaced by galls in which the larva matures and produces a new generation of larvae to be distributed in the soil when the gall is shed and decays — called also wheat eel

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/hweet"werrm', weet"-/, n.
a small nematode, Tylenchus tritici, that stunts growth and disrupts seed production in wheat.
[1860-65; WHEAT + WORM]

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wheatworm see ↑wheat eel above.
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Main Entry: ↑wheat

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  • Wheatworm — Wheat worm , n. A small nematode worm ({Tylenchus tritici}, formerly {Anguillula tritici}) which attacks wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the ear. In wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains may contain a large… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wheatworm — [hwēt′wʉrm΄, wēt′wʉrm΄] n. a small nematode worm (Anguina tritici) that feeds on wheat, oats, etc …   English World dictionary

  • wheatworm — /hweet werrm , weet /, n. a small nematode, Tylenchus tritici, that stunts growth and disrupts seed production in wheat. [1860 65; WHEAT + WORM] * * * …   Universalium

  • wheatworm — /ˈwitwɜm/ (say weetwerm) noun a small nematode worm, Anguina tritici, causing disease in wheat …  

  • Anguillula tritici — Wheatworm Wheat worm , n. A small nematode worm ({Tylenchus tritici}, formerly {Anguillula tritici}) which attacks wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the ear. In wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains may contain a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tylenchus tritici — Wheatworm Wheat worm , n. A small nematode worm ({Tylenchus tritici}, formerly {Anguillula tritici}) which attacks wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the ear. In wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains may contain a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wheat eel — noun small roundworm parasitic on wheat • Syn: ↑wheatworm, ↑wheat eelworm, ↑Tylenchus tritici • Hypernyms: ↑nematode, ↑nematode worm, ↑roundworm • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Tylenchus — noun type genus of the family Tylenchidae • Syn: ↑Tylenchus • Hypernyms: ↑worm genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Tylenchidae, ↑family Tylenchidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • nematode worm — noun unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at both ends; mostly free living but some are parasitic • Syn: ↑nematode, ↑roundworm • Hypernyms: ↑worm • Hyponyms: ↑common roundworm, ↑Ascaris …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tylenchus — noun type genus of the family Tylenchidae • Syn: ↑genus Tylenchus • Hypernyms: ↑worm genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Tylenchidae, ↑family Tylenchidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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