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Wireworm
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; - so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.
(2):
(n.) A galleyworm.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wireworm'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/wireworm.html. 1828.