Meaning of Wireworm

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Wireworm

1. 1
   n.

   One of the larvae of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub.

2. 2
   n.

   A galleyworm.