anguillula tritici

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anguillula tritici - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]