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Wire-worm
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Wire Worm
Wire worm is the popular name for the larvae of beetles of the click beetle family (Elateridae). Some species damages crops by feeding on their roots. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BW.HTM
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Wire-worm
The larva of Elateridae (Coleoptera); long; slender; well-sclerotised, thoracic legs but no prolegs and few setae. Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
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wireworm
[n] - wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=wireworm
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Wireworm
Wire'worm` noun (Zoology) (a) One of the larvæ of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of pla... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/43
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wireworm
<zoology> One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. ... Synonym: wire grub. ... A galleyworm. ... Source: Websters Dictiona... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?wireworm
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wireworm
noun wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wireworm
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Wireworm
• (n.) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub. • (n.) A galleyworm. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/wireworm/
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wireworm
(from the article `click beetle`) Click beetle larvae have a hard exoskeleton and are known as wireworms because of their long, slender, cylindrical shape. They can be destructive ... The eggs of click beetles are laid in the soil, and the larvae, called wireworms, live underground for some years, f... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/44
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wireworm
any of certain millipede (q.v.) species. Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/44
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wireworm
wireworm, elongate, cylindrical larva of the click beetle. Most wireworms are hard and brown, but members of some species are soft and whitish. Wireworms live in rotten wood or in the ground and feed on roots and seeds, injuring potatoes, grasses, and a wide variety of leguminous field crops. They l... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0852508.html
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wireworm
Larva of some species of click beetle. Wireworms are considered agricultural pests as they attack the seeds of many crops Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0063731.html
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wireworm
1) Larva Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/wireworm/1
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