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caseworm
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- More fully "paddy caseworm", "rice caseworm". The aquatic caterpillar of the pyralid moth Nymphula depunctalis, which is a major pest of rice in South and South-East Asia, feeding on leaves and forming a protective case from their fragments.
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Origin
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mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). From case + worm
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