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wormil |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wormil \Wor"mil\, n. [Cf. 1st {Warble}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of {Hypoderma} and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See {Gadfly}. Called also {warble}, and {worble}. [Written also {wormal}, {wormul}, and {wornil}.] 2. (Far.) See 1st {Warble}, 1 b .
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