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Definition: MAWWORM |
MAWWORMNoun1. One of the larvae of botflies of horses; a bot. 2. Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common round worm (Ascaris lumbricoides), and allied species. |
Note: Mawworm \Maw"worm`\, noun. [Maw the belly worm.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Mawworm A vulgar copy of Dr. Cantwell, the hypocrite, in The Hypocrite, by Isaac Bickerstaff. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deceiver | Noun: deceiver; (deceive; ); dissembler, hypocrite; sophist, Pharisee, Jesuit, Mawworm, Pecksniff, Joseph Surface, Tartufe, Janus; serpent, snake in the grass, Judas, wolf in sheep's clothing; jilt; shuffler, stool pigeon. |
Impiety | Sinner; scoffer, blasphemer; sacrilegist; sabbath breaker; worldling; hypocrite; (dissembler); Tartufe, Mawworm. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MAWWORM |
| Specialty definitions using "MAWWORM": Pogram. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "MAWWORM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Vietnamese | giun sán (helminth). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-m-o-r-w-w" | |
-3 letters: ammo, mora, roam, warm, worm. | |
-4 letters: arm, mar, maw, moa, mom, mor, mow, oar, ora, ram, raw, rom, row, war, waw, wow. | |
-5 letters: am, ar, aw, ma, mm, mo, om, or, ow, wo. | |
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