'Wireworm' definitions:
Definition of 'wireworm'
From: WordNet
noun
Wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants
Definition of 'Wireworm'
From: GCIDE
- Wireworm \Wire"worm`\, n. (Zool.) (a) One of the larvae 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]