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Attacked, gnawed, or bored by worms or grubs; worm-eaten.
Eaten into by a worm or worms.
= worm-eaten, adj., literal and figurative.
Worm-eaten; covered or ornamented with markings resembling those made by the gnawing of worms.
Eaten into or bored by worms; infested with worms.