Meaning

1 senses
  1. A collection of nematode worms stuck together at their tails, caused by a bacterial infection by Verde1 that causes their tails to become sticky. The condition has a fatality rate of 80% for the worms.

Origin

From worm + star. From being a star-shape-like collection of worms.

From worm + star. From being a star-shape-like collection of worms.

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Forms

plural: worm-stars
Singularworm-star
Pluralworm-stars

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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