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Webster 1913 Edition


Mawworm

Maw′wormˊ

,
Noun.
[
Maw
the belly +
worm
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm (
Ascaris lumbricoides
), and allied species.
(b)
One of the larvae of botflies of horses; a bot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mawworm

MAW'WORM

,
Noun.
A worm that infests the stomach.