Found 2 items, similar to wireworm.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: wireworm wireworm n : wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants
English → English (gcide) Definition: Wireworm Wireworm \Wire"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of the larv[ae] of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub. (b) A galleyworm. [1913 Webster]