Würm

[ voorm, woorm, wurm; German vyrm ]

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noun

the fourth stage of the glaciation of Eurasia during the Pleistocene. Compare Wisconsin ( def 3 ).

Würm

/ wɜːm; vʊəm /

the fourth and final Pleistocene glaciation in Alpine Europe See also Günz Riss Mindel

Origin of Würm¹

< German (1909), after a river in Bavaria, joining the Starnberger See and the river Amper

Origin of Würm¹

C20: named after the river Würm in Bavaria, Germany

Mime and he dispute angrily: Siegfried is about to slay the dragon, the "Wurm," and the question is who is to have the gold.

Probably they were the tail-end of the great migration of the Wurm ice age.

Wormwood, wurm′wood, n. the bitter plant Artemisia absinthium: bitterness.

Suddenly Rudolpho stabs Wurm, and then lays himself down to die by the side of Luisa.

The Amerindians were the kick of that human explosion eastward which occurred some time during the Wurm ice age.

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