Worms

[wurmz, vawrms]

noun

1. a city in E Rhineland-Palatinate, in SW Germany.

2. Diet of, the council, or diet, held here (1521) at which Luther was condemned as a heretic.

Worms

¹

/ vɔrms, wɜːmz /

noun

1. a city in SW Germany, in Rhineland-Palatinate on the Rhine: famous as the seat of imperial diets, notably that of 1521, before which Luther defended his doctrines in the presence of Charles V; river port and manufacturing centre with a large wine trade. Pop: 81 100 (2003 est)

worms

²

/ wɜːmz /

noun

1. (functioning as singular) any disease or disorder, usually of the intestine, characterized by infestation with parasitic worms

Example Sentences

Fallen leaves also create an ecosystem for other species, Renwick explains: “You’ve got beetles in there. You have worms coming up from the ground. Moths lay their eggs in the leaves.”

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It is hoped species such as ross worms, anemones, oysters and mussels will live on the reef cubes and that fish and crustaceans will also come over time.

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Several generations may occur in the insect's cadaver until the juvenile worms emerge into the environment to infect other insects with bacteria.

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Another challenge was identifying the right conditions to induce worms in the experimental setup to jump.

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Ortega-Jiménez conducted dozens of experiments, recording them with a special high-speed camera capable of capturing the midair trajectories of the submillimeter worms, which are essentially invisible to the human eye, at 10,000 frames per second.

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