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A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm.

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  1. n. A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm.
  2. n. small roundworm parasitic on wheat
  3. A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks the grains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minute young of the worm.
  4. A small nematode worm (Anguillula tritici) which attacks thegrains of wheat in the ear. It is found in wheat affected with smut,each of the diseased grains containing a large number of the minuteyoung of the worm.
  5. n small roundworm parasitic on wheat