As nouns the difference between worm and insect
is that worm is a generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum while insect is an arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
As a verb worm
is to make (one's way) with a crawling motion.
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(en noun)
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- I am a worm , and no man.
- The threads of screws, when bigger than can be made in screw plates, are called worms .
- There came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand. When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said, This man must needs be a murderer.
- 'Tis slander, / Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue / Outvenoms all the worms of Nile.
- When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm , / His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks.
- — Richard III ,
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Benjamin J. Totten], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=w0VJAAAAYAAJ Naval Text-Book:
Derived terms
* blindworm* bollworm* bookworm* cutworm* the early bird catches the worm* earthworm* fishing worm* flatworm* glowworm* hornworm* lugworm* penis worm* ringworm* silkworm* slowworm* tapeworm* woodworm* the worm has turned* wormhole* worm lizard* worm’s-eye view]], [[worm's eye view, worm’s eye view* wormwood* wormy
See also
* caterpillar* grub* lumbricine* maggot* Trojan horse* vermian* vermiform* virus
References
* [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/worm] The Free Dictionary , Farlex Inc., 2010.----
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1=antenna2=lower ocelli3=upper ocelli4=compound eye5=brain6=prothorax7=dorsal artery8=tracheal tubes9=mesothorax10=metathorax11=first wing12=second wing13=midgut (stomach)14=heart15=ovary16=hindgut17=anus18=vagin*19=nerve chord20=Malpighian tubes21=pillow22=claws23=tarsus24=tibia25=femur26=trochanter27=foregut28=thoracic ganglion29=coxa30=salivary gland31=subesophageal ganglion32=mouthparts, detail3=}}Noun
William E. Conner
, title= An Acoustic Arms Race
, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist), passage=Nonetheless, some insect prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}Synonyms
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