"wormling" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wormlings [plural]
Etymology: From worm + -ling. Compare Icelandic yrmlingur (“wormling”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|worm|ling}} worm + -ling, {{cog|is|yrmlingur||wormling}} Icelandic yrmlingur (“wormling”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} wormling (plural wormlings)
  1. A little worm.
    Sense id: en-wormling-en-noun-0xUhNeGS
  2. (by extension) Any weak, mean, or lowly creature. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-wormling-en-noun-XEnHac~q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling: 37 63

Inflected forms

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