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woodworm
/ ˈwʊdˌwɜːm /
noun
- any of various insect larvae that bore into wooden furniture, beams, etc, esp the larvae of the furniture beetle, Anobium punctatum, and the deathwatch beetle
- the condition caused in wood by any of these larvae
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Because, i' faith, the woodworm has split them both from the bottom.
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It will be noted in the reproduction that the sphere is well shot through by the industrious book- or woodworm.
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Even our dull ears can detect the woodworm, but we cannot locate him.
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