"buffalo worm" meaning in English

See buffalo worm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: buffalo worms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} buffalo worm (plural buffalo worms)
  1. An edible larva of the beetle Alphitobius diaperinus. Categories (lifeform): Tenebrionoid beetles Synonyms: lesser mealworm, litter beetle
    Sense id: en-buffalo_worm-en-noun-RPLRLCod Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buffalo worms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "buffalo worm (plural buffalo worms)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Tenebrionoid beetles",
          "orig": "en:Tenebrionoid beetles",
          "parents": [
            "Beetles",
            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An edible larva of the beetle Alphitobius diaperinus."
      ],
      "id": "en-buffalo_worm-en-noun-RPLRLCod",
      "links": [
        [
          "edible",
          "edible"
        ],
        [
          "larva",
          "larva"
        ],
        [
          "beetle",
          "beetle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lesser mealworm"
        },
        {
          "word": "litter beetle"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "buffalo worm"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "buffalo worms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "buffalo worm (plural buffalo worms)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Tenebrionoid beetles"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An edible larva of the beetle Alphitobius diaperinus."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "edible",
          "edible"
        ],
        [
          "larva",
          "larva"
        ],
        [
          "beetle",
          "beetle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lesser mealworm"
        },
        {
          "word": "litter beetle"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "buffalo worm"
}

Download raw JSONL data for buffalo worm meaning in English (0.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.