Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A worm that burrows in and feeds on flesh; the maggot of the flesh-fly and other dipterous insects: sometimes used figuratively. See cut under
flesh-fly . - noun The spiral threadworm or trichina, Trichina spiralis.
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And where thou seest the pamper'd flesh-worm trail,
Poems, 1799 Robert Southey 1808
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