Definition of Eelworms

1. Noun. (plural of eelworm) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Eelworms

1. eelworm [n] - See also: eelworm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eelworms

eelier
eeliest
eeling
eellike
eelpot
eelpots
eelpout
eelpouts
eels
eelskin
eelskins
eelspear
eelspears
eelworm
eelworms (current term)
eelwrack
eelwracks
eely
een
eensy
eentsy
eeny
eeny, meeny, miny, moe
eeny-meeny-miney-mo
eep
eeped
eephus
eeping
eeps

Literary usage of Eelworms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on the Injurious Insects and Other Animals Observed in the Midland by Walter Edward Collinge (1908)
"REPORT ON EXPERIMENTS WITH eelworms. THE FUMIGATION OF THE SOIL. In the winter of 1905 I commenced a series of experiments with a view to rinding something ..."

2. The Cultivation of Allotments by Percy Elford, Samuel Heaton (1917)
"eelworms. ^Cucumbers and other plants frequently suffer with stem eelworm. The mode of attack is for the eelworms to puncture the roots and then lay their ..."

3. Observations of Injurious Insects and Common Farm Pests ... with Methods of by Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1898)
""Tulip-root" in Oats, "Stem-sickness" in Clover, caused by Stem eelworms, ... Stem eelworms.—Anterior portion of female showing mouth-spear; and embryo in ..."

4. American Gardening (1895)
"eelworms AND THEIR ERADICATION. It is very interesting and instructive, but in the end not altogether encouraging, when it is stated that "no practical ..."

5. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1915)
"to the fact that the eelworms in the tissues of a fern frond cannot extend ... According to Ritzema Bos, when the air is moist the eelworms migrate from old ..."

6. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1913)
"with the seed they become soft, and the eelworms escape into the soil and make ... When a beet is attacked by eelworms the leaves become flabby, vellow, ..."

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