skin worm

noun

A small worm or other parasite which infects the skin.

OriginGerman Hautwurm →
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Meanings

nounskin worm (plural skin worms)

plural skin worms

  1. A small worm or other parasite which infects the skin.

    Alike desires perturbe both a skinne-worme [translating ciron], and an Elephant.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. GermanHautwurm
  2. Englishskin worm

From skin + worm, in later use partly after German Hautwurm.

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APA

skin worm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skin%20worm

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“skin worm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skin%20worm. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skin worm,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skin%20worm.

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