wormlet

English

Etymology

worm +‎ -let

Noun

wormlet (plural wormlets)

1. A small worm.
   • 1997, Cynthia Ozick, The Puttermesser Papers‎^[1], New York: Knopf, page 3:

     […] her mother was provident, stingy; in kitchen drawers Puttermesser still discovered folded squares of used ancient waxed paper, million-creased into whiteness, cheese-smelling, nesting small unidentifiable wormlets […]

Synonyms

• wormling