• (n.) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/jointworm/
Joint'worm` noun (Zoology) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly ( Eurytoma hordei ), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/12
the larva of any of several chalcid flies of the family Eurytomidae, esp. of the genus Harmolita, that feeds within the stems of grasses, often causing a gall near the first joint. Also called Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/jointworm