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Definition of Eelworm
1. Noun. Any of various small free-living plant-parasitic roundworms.
Specialized synonyms: Anguillula Aceti, Turbatrix Aceti, Vinegar Eel, Vinegar Worm
Definition of Eelworm
1. Noun. Any of several nematodes that resemble small eels. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eelworm
1. a small roundworm [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eelworm
Literary usage of Eelworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests ... with Methods of ...by Eleanor Anne Ormerod by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1899)
"... eelworm, 1887, 8 Aphi* (Siphonophora) ... eelworm, 1889, 1-12 Conifers (Firs,
Pines, and Larch), ..."
2. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1915)
"One of the most serious points about the eelworm is the fact that in affected
areas it attacks nearly all the weeds as well as the tea. ..."
3. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1913)
"One of the most serious points about the eelworm is the fact that in affected
areas it attacks nearly all the weeds as well as the tea. ..."
4. Gardening (1905)
"eelworm. At the meeting of the Cleveland Florists' Club January 8 the eelworm
was discussed as follows : Adam Graham, Sr. : Before roses ..."
5. Gardeners Chronicle, the Horticultural Trade Journal (1897)
"I should like to ask your correspondent to what species of eelworm his indefinite
... There »re very many different kinds of eelworm found in England ..."
6. American Gardening (1890)
"This stem eelworm as the author calls it, infests many kinds of crop and weed
plants, and can pass from one to the other ; consequently rotation of crops is ..."
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