"galleyworm" meaning in All languages combined

See galleyworm on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: galleyworms [plural]
Etymology: From the way this creature resembles a worm with many legs, and the way the legs resemble the oars of a ship. Head templates: {{en-noun}} galleyworm (plural galleyworms)
  1. A centipede or millipede.
    Sense id: en-galleyworm-en-noun-Gf8jvN2Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From the way this creature resembles a worm with many legs, and the way the legs resemble the oars of a ship.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
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        {
          "ref": "1936, Rennie Wilbur Doane, Edwin Cooper Van Dyke, Willard Joseph Chamberlin, Forest Insects, page 212:",
          "text": "The larvae are elongated and in many cases much like the more flattened millipedes or galleyworms in appearance.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1972, René Maran, Batouala: A True Black Novel, page 64:",
          "text": "that evil idiot, who walked slowly dragging himself along like a galleyworm.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Graziella Parati, Public History, Private Stories: Italian Women's Autobiography, page 85:",
          "text": "Once I managed to combine something in which I had included also roach pulp and galleyworm legs.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A centipede or millipede."
      ],
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          "centipede",
          "centipede"
        ],
        [
          "millipede",
          "millipede"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "galleyworm"
}
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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "ref": "1936, Rennie Wilbur Doane, Edwin Cooper Van Dyke, Willard Joseph Chamberlin, Forest Insects, page 212:",
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        },
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          "ref": "1972, René Maran, Batouala: A True Black Novel, page 64:",
          "text": "that evil idiot, who walked slowly dragging himself along like a galleyworm.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1996, Graziella Parati, Public History, Private Stories: Italian Women's Autobiography, page 85:",
          "text": "Once I managed to combine something in which I had included also roach pulp and galleyworm legs.",
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          "millipede",
          "millipede"
        ]
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    }
  ],
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}

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