jointworm


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joint·worm

 (joint′wûrm′)
n.
A larva of any of various chalcid wasps of the family Eurytomidae, especially of Tetramesa tritici, that infests grains, causing swelling and subsequent breakage near the first joint of the stem.
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jointworm

(ˈdʒɔɪntˌwɜːm)
n
(Animals) US the larva of chalcid flies of the genus Harmolita, esp H. tritici, which form galls on the stems of cereal plants
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joint•worm

(ˈdʒɔɪntˌwɜrm)

n.
a chalcid larva that feeds within the stems of grasses, often forming a gall at a joint. Also called strawworm.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.jointworm - larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grainsjointworm - larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains
Chalcidae, Chalcididae, family Chalcidae, family Chalcididae - an arthropod family including: chalcidflies
larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
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References in periodicals archive ?
Phillips, "Eurytoma parva (Girault) Phillips and its biology as a parasite of the wheat jointworm, Harmolita tritici (Fitch)," Journal of Agricultural Research, vol.
East of the Mississippi, the wheat jointworm has been a problem since the 1820s.