noun
small roundworm parasitic on wheat
• Syn: ↑wheatworm, ↑wheat eelworm, ↑Tylenchus tritici
• Hypernyms: ↑nematode, ↑nematode worm, ↑roundworm
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tylenchus, ↑genus Tylenchus
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noun or wheat eelworm* * *
wheat eel noun
1. (also wheatˈworm) a small nematode worm that makes its way up wheat stems to the ears
2. The disease it causes (also ear-cockle)
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Main Entry: ↑wheat
Useful english dictionary. 2012.