The larva of the Corn-moth or other insect, destructive to grain.

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a. 800.  Corpus Gloss., 2114. Ue[r]miculus, cornuurma.

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c. 1000.  Ælfric, Gloss., in Wr.-Wülcker, 117. Uermiculus, cornwurma.

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1660.  Hexham, Dutch Dict., Een Kalander … a Corne-worme.

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1862.  Chambers’ Encycl., s.v. Cornmoth, The corn-worm eats into the grain, and attaches grains together by a web.

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