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A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.

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  1. n. A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
  2. n. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser.
  3. 1. (Zoöl.) A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvæ of the tumbledung and allied beetles. 2. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser. "Misers are muckworms." Pope.
  4. A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to thelarvæ of the tumbledung and allied beetles.
  5. n. A larva or grub that lives in muck or manure; -- applied to the larvae of the tumbledung and allied beetles. n. One who scrapes together money by mean labor and devices; a miser.