Kilo Lingo

/wɜːm/

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Translation

A small, long, thin animal with a soft body and no legs that lives in the ground.

Word origin

From Old English wyrm, which meant worm, snake, or even dragon.

Origin
Old English
Root
wyrm

Examples

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Birds eat worms; they find them in the ground.

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Worms come up out of the wet ground when it rains.

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People who fish often put a worm on the hook.

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This word is part of lesson 54.