English Explanatory Dictionary

tank-worm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small nematoid worm, likely to be the young of the guinea-worm.

Word forms

tank-worm tank-worms

Etymology

So-named as it was commonly found in the mud in water tanks of India in the 19th century.

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