A creeping or a crawling animal of any kind or size, as a serpent, caterpillar, snail, or the like.
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Alt. of Annelidan
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A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta.
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Of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha.
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Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.
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An intestinal worm, or wormlike intestinal parasite; one of the Helminthes.
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Same as Nematoid.
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A nematoid worm.
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See Wood worm, under Wood.
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Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebrae; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata.
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…
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Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem.
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Containing a worm; abounding with worms.
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Containing a worm; abounding with worms.
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One of the Insecta; esp., one of the Hexapoda. See Insecta.
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Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemi…
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To twist about briskly with contor/ions like an eel or a worm; to wriggle; to writhe.
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To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
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To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully.
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To move the body to and fro with short, writhing motions, like a worm; to squirm; to twist uneasily or quickly about.
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To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
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