JOINTWORM

Meaning of JOINTWORM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjȯint-ˌwərm ]

noun

Date: 1851

: the larva of any of several small chalcid wasps (genus Harmolita ) that attacks the stems of grain and causes swellings like galls at or just above the first joint

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

JOINTWORM — noun Date: 1851 the larva of any of several small chalcid wasps (genus Harmolita ) that attacks the stems of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JOINTWORM — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: joint (I) + worm 1. : the larva of any of several small chalcid flies of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JOINTWORM — (n.) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of …
Английский словарь Webster
JOINTWORM — ( n. ) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
JOINTWORM — /joynt"werrm'/ , n. the larva of any of several chalcid flies of the family Eurytomidae, esp. of the genus Harmolita, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JOINTWORM — noun the larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of …
Webster English vocab
JOINTWORM — [joint.worm] n (1851): the larva of any of several small chalcid wasps (genus Harmolita) that attacks the stems of grain …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
JOINTWORM — Pronunciation: ' jo ̇ int- ˌ w ə rm Function: noun Date: 1851 : the larva of any of several …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHEAT JOINTWORM — noun : a jointworm ( Harmolita tritici ) that attacks wheat and sometimes other cereal grasses
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BARLEY JOINTWORM — noun : a jointworm ( Harmolita hordei ) attacking the stems of barley and sometimes extremely destructive to crops in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHEAT GALLFLY — noun : the imago of the jointworm
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HARMOLITA — härˈmäləd.ə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin : a genus of chalcid flies (family Eurytomidae) including numerous forms with larvae …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EURYTOMIDAE — ˌyu̇rəˈtäməˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Eurytoma, type genus (from eury- + -toma ) + -idae : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRAWWORM — /straw"werrm'/ , n. 1. caddisworm. 2. jointworm. [ 1645-55; STRAW + WORM ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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