mealworm

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: meal worm, metalwork, meadwort, seaworm, eelworm, earworm, mawworm, maltworm, whealworm, mealworms, seatworm

Antonyms: meal worm, metalwork, meadwort, seaworm, eelworm, earworm, mawworm, maltworm, whealworm, mealworms, seatworm

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|larval subset of Q225965}} {{lb|en|usually}} The [[larva|larval stage]] of the [[mealworm beetle#English:_Q225965|mealworm beetle]] ({{taxlink|Tenebrio molitor|species}}), a species of [[darkling beetle]].
2. {{senseid|en|larva of Q225965 or Q779383 or similar larva}} {{lb|en|sometimes|,|informally|loosely}} This or any other larva that looks similar and is found in similar circumstances (i.e., in [[meal#English:_ground-up grain, beans, seeds, etc|meal]], in [[flour#English:_Q36465|flour]], in [[food#English:_Q2095|food]], in the [[pantry]], in [[feed#English:_Q2836947|feed]], in the [[feedroom]]), such as the larva of a [[mealmoth]] ([[flour moth]]).

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