RAILROAD WORM


Meaning of RAILROAD WORM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1909

1.

[probably from its dissemination by railroad]

: apple maggot

2.

[from the rows of luminescent spots along its sides making it resemble a lighted train]

: the larva or wingless female of any of several South American beetles (genus Phrixothrix of the family Cantharidae)

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