Wireworm


noun
1.
any of the slender, hard-bodied larvae of click beetles, many of which live underground and feed on the roots of plants.
2.
any of various small myriapods.
3.
stomach worm.
noun
1.
the wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles, which feeds on the roots of many crop plants and is a serious agricultural pest

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