wheatworm n 1: small roundworm parasitic on wheat [syn: {wheatworm}, {wheat eel}, {wheat eelworm}, {Tylenchus tritici}]
Wheatworm \Wheat"worm`\, n. A small nematode worm ({Tylenchus tritici}, formerly {Anguillula tritici}) which attacks wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the ear. In wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains may contain a large number of the minute young of the worm. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]