nm. earthworm, type of worm that burrows in soil; maggot, grub

(n.) = worm ; worm ; caterpillar ; maggot.
Ex: The article 'Worms in the field' describes a family of products based around a worm optical disc drive, comprising a worm drive, Image Scanner, Text Retrieval, OCR and Image-handling software.
Ex: The article 'Computer viruses, Logic bombs, Trojan horses and worms: 'badware' in computers' reviews the different sorts of badware and what problems they cause.
Ex: For MARC the journey from the caterpillar of the automation of card production to the beautiful butterfly of today has been long and largely successful.
Ex: One last thought as a parting shot: it does seem that having once taken a bite out of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, we are to be banished from paradise forever, but we really have to eat the maggots in the fruit as well?.
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* capullo de gusano de seda = silkworm cocoon.
* gusano de la harina = mealworm.
* gusano de la raíz = rootworm.
* gusano de seda = silkworm.