wormlet en · NOUN
Etymology
From worm + -let.
Meanings
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A small worm.
[…] her mother was provident, stingy; in kitchen drawers Puttermesser still discovered folded squares of used ancient waxed paper, million-creased into whiteness, cheese-smelling, nesting small unidentifiable wormlets […]
1997, Cynthia Ozick, The Puttermesser Papers, New York: Knopf, page 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wormlets | Number=Plur | lexicographic |