worm en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /wɝm/ (US)
- wûrm (US)
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- /wɜːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wurmiz Proto-West Germanic *wurmi Old English wyrm Middle English worm English worm From Middle English werm, wirm, worm, worme, wrim, wurm, wyrm, wyrme, from Old English weorm, wurm, wyrm, from Proto-West Germanic *wurmi, from Proto-Germanic *wurmiz (“worm; snake”), from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm; larva”), possibly from *wer- (“to turn”). Doublet of vermin and wyrm, the latter of which is a fairly recent borrowing directly from the Old English. (computing): First computer usage by John Brunner in his 1975 book The Shockwave Rider. Cognates Germanic cognates include North Frisian wörem, wörm, Würem (“worm”), Saterland Frisian Wurm, Wúurm (“worm”), West Frisian wjirm (“worm”), Alemannic German Wüüre (“worm”), Cimbrian bórm (“worm”), burm (“snake”), Dutch worm, wurm (“worm”), German Gewürm (“vermin”), Wurm (“worm”), Low German Worm (“worm”), Luxembourgish Wuerm (“worm”), Mòcheno burm (“snake”), Vilamovian vūəm, wüm (“worm”), Yiddish וואָרעם (vorem, “worm”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Swedish orm (“worm”), Faroese and Icelandic ormur (“worm”), Norwegian Nynorsk orm (“worm”), yrme, yrmle (“female snake with offspring”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (waurms, “snake”), Kildin Sami уррьм (urr’m, “gadfly larva”), Skolt Sami uʹrmm (“gadfly larva”). Indo-European cognates include Latin vermis (“worm”), Ancient Greek ῥόμοξ (rhómox), ῥόμος (rhómos, “woodworm”), Albanian rrime (“rainworm”).
Meanings
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A generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum; an earthworm.
‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared.[…]’
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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More loosely, any of various tubular invertebrates resembling annelids but not closely related to them, such as velvet worms, acorn worms, flatworms, or roundworms. See Appendix:English worms.
Leaning that I might eat, I stretched and clung Over the shapeless depth in which those corpses hung. A woman’s shape, now lank and cold and blue, The dwelling of the many-coloured worm, Hung there […]
1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 216:
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(archaic, poetic) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake (cf. “dragon”; blindworm, slowworm, “legless lizard”), snail, or caterpillar.
When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm! His mouth he opened and displayed his tusks; Not a limb had he that was motionless.
1867, Dante Alighieri, “The Divine Comedy”, in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, transl., Inferno, volume I, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, Canto 6, lines 22-24, p. 35:A forlyued cok leiþ eiren in his laste elde... and ȝif any venemous worme sittiþ on broode þerevppon in þe canyculer dayes, þerof is igendrid... a cocatrice.
a. 1398, John Trevisa, transl. Bartholomeus Anglicus as De Proprietatibus Rerum (MS BL Add. 27944), Vol. I, p. 628[…] No, ’tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile […]
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:1561, Geneva Bible, Acts 28:3-4, And when Paul had gathered a nomber of stickes, & laid them on the fyre, there came a viper out of the heat, and leapt on his hand. Now when the Barbarians sawe the worme hang on his hand, they said among them selues This man surely is a murtherer, whome, thogh he hathe escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hathe not suffred to liue.
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(archaic, broadly, informal, poetic) Any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake (cf. “dragon”; blindworm, slowworm, “legless lizard”), snail, or caterpillar. ▸ A maggot or any other insect larva with similar shape and behavior.
Those little wriggling worms are the larvae of flies who laid eggs here.
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(archaic, poetic) A dragon, today especially Germanic dragon, more often of the serpentine or wingless type, for example sea serpent, but also any kind of dragon.
The after fifty years a foul worm, a dragon, took it upon itself to hold sway through the heavens at night.
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 39:Indeed the allusion to the more renowned worm killed by the Wælsing is sufficient indication that the poet selected a dragon of well-founded purpose[.]
1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 9:In the Cross of Cong (A.D. 1123) the Celtic inter-laced patterns are found side by side with the "worm-dragon" ornament ..
1922, A. Walsh, Scandinavian Relations with Ireland during the Viking Period:a. 1398, John Trevisa, transl. Bartholomeus Anglicus as De Proprietatibus Rerum (MS BL Add. 27944), Vol. I, p. 628:
- (archaic, poetic) A dragon, today especially Germanic dragon, more often of the serpentine or wingless type, for example sea serpent, but also any kind of dragon. ▸ Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless), a gigantic sea serpent, or a creature that resembles a Mongolian death worm.
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A contemptible or devious being.
But I am a worme, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 22:6:Don't try to run away, you little worm!
Would he devote that Sacred Head For ſuch a Worm as I?
1707, Isaac Watts, “Godly Sorrow ariſing from the Sufferings of Chriſt”, in Hymns and Spiritual Songs, London: J. Humfreys, page 86:Lord, why is this, I trembling cry'd, Wilt thou purſue thy worm to death?
1779, John Newton, “Prayer anſwered by croſſes”, in Olney hymns, in three books, London: W. Oliver, page 353:
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A self-replicating program that propagates through a network by copying itself, differing from a virus which seeks to propagate by inserting its code into other executable files.
When Trevor opened his email, a worm spread to 100 people in his address book.
- A graphical representation of the total runs scored across a number of overs.
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Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw.
If the Worms of the Nut or Spindle be worn, the Spindle must be examin'd by the Smith
1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick exercises:
- Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw. ▸ A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.
- Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw. ▸ The spiral wire of a corkscrew.
- Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw. ▸ A muscular band in the tongue of some animals, such as dogs; the lytta.
- Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw. ▸ The condensing tube of a still, often curved and wound to save space.
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Anything helical, especially the thread of a screw. ▸ A short revolving screw whose threads drive, or are driven by, a worm wheel or rack by gearing into its teeth.
Holonyms: worm drive, worm and wheel
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(figuratively) An internal tormentor; something that gnaws or afflicts one’s mind with remorse.
The worm of conscience still begnaw thy soul!
c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
- A strip of linked tiles sharing parallel edges in a tiling.
- The lytta.
- (qualifier:preceded by definite article) A dance, or dance move, in which the dancer lies on the floor and undulates the body horizontally thereby moving forwards.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| worms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| worme | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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(noun)) · Moser's worm problem (terms derived from worm (noun)) · ice worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · eelworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm-ridden (terms derived from worm (noun)) · Bobbit worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm-shell (terms derived from worm (noun)) · can of worms (terms derived from worm (noun)) · spaghetti worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · lugworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · leaf-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · cornworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · rainworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · brainworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · screwworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormseed (terms derived from worm (noun)) · even a worm will turn (terms derived from worm (noun)) · book worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormlion (terms derived from worm (noun)) · leafworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · glow-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · catworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · guinea worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · palmworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormball (terms derived from worm (noun)) · muckworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · grindal worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · agave worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · giant tube worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm cast (terms derived from worm (noun)) · rope worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · the early bird catches the worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · juniper worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · tape-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · cryptoworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · beetworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm snake (terms derived from worm (noun)) · groundworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · bladderworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · tomato worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · budworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · palmer worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · grubworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · burp the worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · gun worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · winter worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · oh worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormer (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm-eating warbler (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm wheel (terms derived from worm (noun)) · thousand-legged worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm and wheel (terms derived from worm (noun)) · roseworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm-star (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormroot (terms derived from worm (noun)) · palmer-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · Grindal worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · woolly worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · ear-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · dropworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · webworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · maw worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · ringed worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · ragworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · fleshworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · mudworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · coneworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · strawworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · mealworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · white worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wug (terms derived from worm (noun)) · tongueworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormproof (terms derived from worm (noun)) · hairworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormy (terms derived from worm (noun)) · bagworm* (terms derived from worm (noun)) · ringworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · caddis worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm on a string (terms derived from worm (noun)) · pantry worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · stagworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · sea worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · butt worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · inchworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · gapeworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · lungworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · trematode worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · lob worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · miner's worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · sand tube worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · Yoda worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · sand mason worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · earthworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · jaw worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · red worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm castle (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm shell (terms derived from worm (noun)) · bootlace worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · slow-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · heartworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · book-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · Christmas tree worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · cabbage worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormwood (terms derived from worm (noun)) · flagworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm out (terms derived from worm (noun)) · arrowworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · pileworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm ball (terms derived from worm (noun)) · Guinea worm disease (terms derived from worm (noun)) · deworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · shipworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · tube worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · ribbon worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · spindleworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · brain worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · tank-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · buzzworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · coco worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · melonworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · tapeworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm moon (terms derived from worm (noun)) · cockworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · blackworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · fireworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · spiral worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · jumping worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormicide (terms derived from worm (noun)) · parchment worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · potato worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · glowworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · lob-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · bollworm* (terms derived from worm (noun)) · dragon worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · mealworm beetle (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormhole (terms derived from worm (noun)) · stoor worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm burner (terms derived from worm (noun)) · thorny worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · clam worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · bone-eating snot flower worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormfish (terms derived from worm (noun)) · superworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm red (terms derived from worm (noun)) · army-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · flatworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm charming (terms derived from worm (noun)) · Pompeii worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · Asian jumping worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · gummy worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · sandworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · the early bird gets the worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · palisade worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · threadworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · penis worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · fruitworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wheal-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm-like chain (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormling (terms derived from worm (noun)) · Mongolian death worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · caddisworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormish (terms derived from worm (noun)) · dick worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wireworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · galley worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormery (terms derived from worm (noun)) · bladder worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · railroad worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · maltworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm in the apple (terms derived from worm (noun)) · bankrupt worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wiggle worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · palmerworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · armyworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm month (terms derived from worm (noun)) · innkeeper worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wolf worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · spoonworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · eigenworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · angleworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormable (terms derived from worm (noun)) · redworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · horseshoe worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · bamboo worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm-eaten (terms derived from worm (noun)) · antiworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · gourdworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · pickleworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · mango worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · feather duster worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormfowl (terms derived from worm (noun)) · dewworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · seatworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · bristle worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · whiteworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · ear worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormskin (terms derived from worm (noun)) · hookworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm fever (terms derived from worm (noun)) · peacock worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · silkworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm-like (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormhood (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm-food (terms derived from worm (noun)) · palolo worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormship (terms derived from worm (noun)) · tree worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · blood worm* (terms derived from worm (noun)) · flukeworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · proboscis worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · basketworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · thunderworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · early bird catches the worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · Gordian worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · blindworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · morio worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm’s-eye view (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormless (terms derived from worm (noun)) · backworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · bookworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · tongue worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · coconut worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · polystyrene worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · spoon worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · measuring worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · mason worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · galley-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm oil (terms derived from worm (noun)) · herring worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · hornworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · whipworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · tubeworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wheatworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · pinworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · maw-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm gear (terms derived from worm (noun)) · medusa worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · peanut worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · waxworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · deepwater big-eyed worm eel (terms derived from worm (noun)) · grugru worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormridden (terms derived from worm (noun)) · beard worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · eyeworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormly (terms derived from worm (noun)) · goblet worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · pillworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm’s eye view (terms derived from worm (noun)) · copperworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · nanoworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · Y worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · brain-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · rye-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · barley worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · cotton worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · jointworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · spiny-headed worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · guinea-worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm fence (terms derived from worm (noun)) · gnatworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormshit (terms derived from worm (noun)) · army worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · horsehair worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · caseworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · worm lizard (terms derived from worm (noun)) · fishing worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · potworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormgrass (terms derived from worm (noun)) · wormcast (terms derived from worm (noun)) · anchor worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · fishworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · stomach worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · slugworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · cankerworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · zombie worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · apple worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · roundworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · Wormworld (terms derived from worm (noun)) · sour worm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · witworm (terms derived from worm (noun)) · giant thorny-headed worm of swine (terms derived from worm (noun))
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Synonyms
wyrm · worm screw · wyrm
Translations (386)
mjg-mgr zhuolian khuerghai (animal) · ace ulat (animal) · grc ἕλμις (animal) · roa-tar vijèrme (animal) · uz qurt (animal) · ps چينجى (animal) · oc vèrm (animal) · kmr kirm (animal) · es filete (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · sc solde (animal) · ka ჭია (self-replicating program) · it verme (animal) · id cacing (animal) · bo སྲིན (animal) · stq Wuurm (animal) · pa ਸੁੰਡੀ (animal) · mg kankana (animal) · tt суалчан (animal) · hsb čerw (animal) · ro vierme (self-replicating program) · lo ຫນອນ (animal) · kn ಹುಳು (contemptible being) · rm vearm (animal) · mjg-mgl huarighii (animal) · ckb کرم (animal) · ru негодя́й (contemptible being) · bg че́рвей (animal) · hy որդ (animal) · my တီကောင် (animal) · sh cȓv (contemptible being) · os калм (animal) · twf pʼȍwàyaʼána (animal) · bo འབུ (animal) · bo སྲིན་བུ (animal) · pl robak (animal) · pox godĕk (animal) · cs červ (self-replicating program) · af wurm (animal) · ar سوسي (animal) · egy f:n:T-I14 (animal) · vec vèrme (animal) · uga 𐎚𐎍𐎓 (animal) · sa कृमि (animal) · fi mato (animal) · lo ຂີ້ກະເດືອນ (animal) · sv mask (self-replicating program) · ar دودة (animal) · krc къурт (animal) · ru червь (self-replicating program) · pt verme (contemptible being) · ast guxán (animal) · sv stackare (contemptible being) · hu csavarmenet (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · hy ճիճու (animal) · srn woron (animal) · ykg көдьэ (animal) · oj moose (animal) · de elender Wurm (contemptible being) · sh cȓv (self-replicating program) · kg muntudia (animal) · pt miserável (contemptible being) · fi käärme (dragon or mythological serpent) · nv chʼosh (animal) · ro șarpe (internal tormentor) · pt minhoca (animal) · rm vierm (animal) · uk негідник (contemptible being) · de Gewinde (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · rsk хлїста (animal) · ar دودة (animal) · pl smok (dragon or mythological serpent) · vo vum (animal) · gv beishteig (animal) · tg кирм (animal) · ro râmă (animal) · uk хроба́к (animal) · si පණු (animal) · ga péist (contemptible being) · nb orm (dragon or mythological serpent) · tli tlʼúkʼx̱ (animal) · ar دُودَة (animal) · lad guzano (animal) · it drago (dragon or mythological serpent) · uk черв (animal) · arn piru (animal) · scn vemmu (animal) · fr dragon (dragon or mythological serpent) · sl črv (self-replicating program) · vec budèl (animal) · pt patife (contemptible being) · es rosca (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · kw prev (animal) · sv mask (animal) · am ትል (animal) · la vermis (animal) · frr wörem (animal) · es cucaracha (contemptible being) · nrf vèr (animal) · vec vèrmen (animal) · az qurd (animal) · pox modĕk (animal) · acm سلبوح (animal) · zh 蠕蟲 /蠕虫 (animal) · ro vierme (contemptible being) · bg него́дник (contemptible being) · sh гли́ста (animal) · sga cruim (animal) · kk құрт (animal) · ia verme (animal) · lb Mued (animal) · tk gurçuk (animal) · et uss (animal) · ja 蚯蚓 (animal) · fr remords (internal tormentor) · ja 蠕虫 (animal) · ar دودة (animal) · cho lakcho (animal) · es alimaña (contemptible being) · hu hitvány alak (contemptible being) · ar دودي (animal) · cv хурт (animal) · ar شَخْص دَنِيء (contemptible being) · alt курт (animal) · gl verme (animal) · nl mormel (contemptible being) · gd daolag (animal) · tay bisuw (animal) · hy ճիճու (contemptible being) · yua nook'ol (animal) · br preñv (animal) · bg шнек (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · gd durrag (animal) · gd biastag (animal) · ota صوغلجان (animal) · el σκουλήκι (contemptible being) · xsr འབུ (animal) · it verme (self-replicating program) · ar دود (animal) · nds Worm (animal) · ka ჭია-ვირუსი (self-replicating program) · scn mischinu (contemptible being) · kmr kurm (animal) · dsb wužeńc (animal) · xcl որդն (animal) · pms verm (animal) · acm دود (animal) · cu чрьвь (animal) · eu arr (animal) · ast viérbene (animal) · ppl kwilin (animal) · ti ሓሰኻ (animal) · ha tsūtsā̀ (animal) · qu kuru (animal) · bdk чич (animal) · te పురుగు (animal) · mt dudu (animal) · mn өт (animal) · sl črv (animal) · th หนอน (animal) · hi पोका (animal) · lut sʔuləč̓ (animal) · lb Wuerm (animal) · hi किर्म (animal) · mk црв (animal) · nds Gewinn (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · vec bigat (animal) · yi וואָרעם (animal) · mi noke (animal) · az soxulcan (animal) · gd brutag (animal) · gun evo'i (animal) · ga péisteog (contemptible being) · cu ⱍⱃⱐⰲⱐ (animal) · kxd cacing (animal) · bn কীট (animal) · fr ver (animal) · sv drake (dragon or mythological serpent) · fr ver (self-replicating program) · abe skoksis (animal) · sh cȓv (animal) · hrx Worrem (animal) · inh нӏана (animal) · ccc keni (animal) · bcl ulod (animal) · mn хорхой (animal) · ast cocu (animal) · ga cuideog (animal) · aeb دودة (animal) · got 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 (animal) · rm verm (animal) · fi mato (self-replicating program) · nb mark (animal) · hu féreg (self-replicating program) · lzz წიწი (animal) · tk möjek (animal) · gl miñoca (animal) · ayn وقزه (animal) · sq krimb (animal) · ko 벌레 (animal) · cy pryf genwair (animal) · ko 짐승 (contemptible being) · fa کِرْم (animal) · jv cacing (animal) · sh glísta (animal) · cu глиста (animal) · sv kräk (contemptible being) · ru змей (dragon or mythological serpent) · grc ἕλμινς (animal) · nds Worm (animal) · zu isibungu (animal) · hu kukac (animal) · nah ocuilin (animal) · sh цр̑в (self-replicating program) · vi giun (animal) · hu féreg (contemptible being) · es lombriz (animal) · es guirnalda (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · cy abwydyn (animal) · unm hupèxkw (animal) · grc σκώληξ (animal) · cs červ (animal) · cy (intestinal) llyngyren (animal) · niv ӽар̌ (animal) · hi कीड़ा (animal) · ht ve (animal) · ka ჭია (animal) · fi kierre (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · ltg tuorps (animal) · bg драко́н (dragon or mythological serpent) · om rammoo (animal) · msk orod (animal) · pl robak (self-replicating program) · txb yel (animal) · abe skoks (animal) · nl worm (self-replicating program) · de Wurm (animal) · hu giliszta (animal) · tae hení-si (animal) · ky курт (animal) · dta xorgw (animal) · zh 蠕蟲 /蠕虫 (self-replicating program) · cic hayowani' (animal) · ota قورت (animal) · kw pryv (animal) · ain キキㇼ (animal) · sh цр̑в (animal) · pl czerw (animal) · gd boiteag (animal) · tsg ud (animal) · be чарвя́к (animal) · zlw-ocs črv (animal) · ga cruimh (animal) · ce нӏаьна (animal) · my သန်ကောင် (animal) · it miserabile (contemptible being) · ady хьэблыу (animal) · gd cnuimh (animal) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌼𐍃 (animal) · is ormur (animal) · bg жа́лко същество́ (contemptible being) · fur vier (animal) · ms cacing (animal) · nb orm (animal) · ru негодя́йка (contemptible being) · nb orm (self-replicating program) · da drage (dragon or mythological serpent) · nl schroef (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · ro vierme (animal) · sv nätmask (self-replicating program) · kum хурт (animal) · bh कीड़ा (animal) · ba селәүсен (animal) · ttj omuniongorozi class 3 (animal) · is maðkur (animal) · ru змея́ (dragon or mythological serpent) · eu beldar (animal) · ang wyrm (animal) · mba olod (animal) · ta புழு (animal) · ml പുഴു (animal) · ga péist (animal) · es gusano informático (self-replicating program) · hy որդ ծրագիր (self-replicating program) · ady хьамлыу (animal) · fr vis sans fin (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · oc vèrm (contemptible being) · ps چومجى (animal) · xpq ohq (animal) · nds Worm (self-replicating program) · ru сте́рва (contemptible being) · tr kurt (animal) · tet ular (animal) · da orm (self-replicating program) · hu féreg (animal) · pdt Worm (nds) (animal) · pt serpe (dragon or mythological serpent) · rom kirmo (animal) · or କୃମି (animal) · fa کِرْم (animal) · he תּוֹלַעַת (animal) · niv чхевр̌ (animal) · ru червь (animal) · ug قۇرت (animal) · fr vermine (contemptible being) · kn ಹುಳು (animal) · fi jengat (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · nl pier (animal) · fi luihu (contemptible being) · tr solucan (animal) · ur کِرْم (animal) · he נִבְזֶה (contemptible being) · nap vierme (animal) · gd brùiteag (animal) · mi toke (animal) · wym wüm (animal) · gl lombriga (animal) · pt worm (self-replicating program) · ca cuc (animal) · mzn اجیک (animal) · ur کِیڑا (animal) · ro balaur (dragon or mythological serpent) · sc belme (animal) · lv tārps (animal) · kbd хьэпӏацӏэ (animal) · uk черв'я́к (animal) · rsk хробак (animal) · es gusano (contemptible being) · ru глист (animal) · vi trùn (animal) · kbd хьэмбылыу (animal) · de Wurm (self-replicating program) · gd baoiteag (animal) · sah үөн (animal) · es rata (contemptible being) · hy ոչնչություն (contemptible being) · dsb cerw (animal) · ja ワーム (animal) · mrw oled (animal) · ar دُود (animal) · hu hernyó (animal) · cy mwydyn (animal) · sk červ (animal) · da orm (dragon or mythological serpent) · zea wurm (animal) · eu zizare (animal) · sw funza class ji/ma (animal) · km ដង្កូវ (animal) · ar دود (animal) · eu har (animal) · su cacing (animal) · lt kirmėlė (animal) · nl worm (animal) · ltg tuorpeņš (animal) · ceb ulod (animal) · es gusano (animal) · sh цр̑в (contemptible being) · el σκουλήκι (animal) · ru драко́н (dragon or mythological serpent) · udm нумыр (animal) · rup yermu (animal) · nl worm (contemptible being) · da orm (animal) · kry çiç (animal) · myv сукс (animal) · de Lindwurm (dragon or mythological serpent) · mey دود (animal) · st seboko (animal) · alr энгам (animal) · ln monkusu (animal) · cs červ (contemptible being) · nl wurm (animal) · cs závit (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · ur پوکا (animal) · eo vermo (animal) · vo vumem (animal) · ru червя́к (animal) · nb orm (contemptible being) · fr scarabée (contemptible being) · pt verme (animal) · ba ҡорт (animal) · nl draad (something helical, especially the thread of a screw) · sv orm (dragon or mythological serpent) · el σκουλήκι (self-replicating program) · ayn تعاله (animal) · ko 버러지 (contemptible being) · he רִמָּה (animal)