wormlet

English

Etymology

worm +‎ -let

Noun

wormlet (plural wormlets)

  1. A small worm.
    • 1997, Cynthia Ozick, The Puttermesser Papers, New York: Knopf, p. 3,
      […] her mother was provident, stingy; in kitchen drawers Puttermesser still discovered folded squares of used ancient waxed paper, million-creased into whiteness, cheese-smelling, nesting small unidentifiable wormlets […]

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