wheat-eel

noun

Any member of the species Anguina tritici of nematode worm that causes earcockle in wheat.

Meanings

nounwheat-eel (plural wheat-eels)

plural wheat-eels

  1. Any member of the species Anguina tritici of nematode worm that causes earcockle in wheat.
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