worm
noun
any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates, including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, gordiaceans, and annelids.
wormlike
-
a word derived from
worm.
Example Sentences
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Earlier studies had interpreted the marks as evidence of wormlike creatures or other tiny marine animals moving through seafloor sediment during the Ediacaran period, which came just before the Cambrian explosion.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
Amphibians, a class of animals able to live both on land and in the water, consist of three groups: frogs, salamanders and the wormlike animals called caecilians.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2023
It’s where I learned to do things like the belly roll — where you move your stomach in and out in a wormlike motion.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
One of the noticeable things about microbiologist Christian Rinke’s laboratory is the startlingly loud crunching noise of wormlike larvae chewing their way through polystyrene, burrowing into blocks of the plastic foam.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 9, 2022
His face crumbled inward, changing to something pale and wormlike.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
