whirl-wormn.

Brit.

/ˈwəːlwəːm/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wərlˌwərm/

Forms: Also 1600s whurl(e-.

Etymology: < whirl- comb. form + worm n.

†1. An insect larva destructive to plants. Obsolete.In quot. 1643 tr. Latin convolvulus a caterpillar that rolls itself up in a leaf; in quot. 1658 tr. modern Latin verticillus, Greek σϕονδύλη.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > that destroys or eats plants

canker1440

rukel?1440

cankerworm1530

canker-blossom1600

whirl-worm1643

whirl1658

bud-worm1850

stem borer1921

1643 tr. J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Reserata (1650) xix. §217 Earth~worms gnaw upon muck-hils.., moths on garments,..whirl~worms [margin, The divels gold-ring] on vines.

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1042 The Northern English call it Andever; the Southern, Whurlworm, that is, a Whirl or little hairy Worm with many feet:..I..collect..that there are two kindes of Whurlworms; one about houses, another in the fields.

2. A turbellarian worm. rare.

ΚΠ

1891 in Cent. Dict.

1927 Daily Express 31 Aug. 5/5 Dr. Kathleen Carpenter's paper is upon the survival of some ice-age relicts in freshwater fauna of Cardiganshire, which relicts are whirl worms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whirl-worm
释义	whirl-wormn. Brit. /ˈwəːlwəːm/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wərlˌwərm/ Forms: Also 1600s whurl(e-. Etymology: < whirl- comb. form + worm n. †1. An insect larva destructive to plants. Obsolete.In quot. 1643 tr. Latin convolvulus a caterpillar that rolls itself up in a leaf; in quot. 1658 tr. modern Latin verticillus, Greek σϕονδύλη. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > eggs or young > [noun] > young or development of young > larva > defined by parasitism or feeding > that destroys or eats plants canker1440 rukel?1440 cankerworm1530 canker-blossom1600 whirl-worm1643 whirl1658 bud-worm1850 stem borer1921 1643 tr. J. A. Comenius Janua Linguarum Reserata (1650) xix. §217 Earth~worms gnaw upon muck-hils.., moths on garments,..whirl~worms [margin, The divels gold-ring] on vines. 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 1042 The Northern English call it Andever; the Southern, Whurlworm, that is, a Whirl or little hairy Worm with many feet:..I..collect..that there are two kindes of Whurlworms; one about houses, another in the fields. 2. A turbellarian worm. rare. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. 1927 Daily Express 31 Aug. 5/5 Dr. Kathleen Carpenter's paper is upon the survival of some ice-age relicts in freshwater fauna of Cardiganshire, which relicts are whirl worms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1643
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