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Definition of: jointworm
(joint′wûrm′) noun
The larva of a plant–feeding chalcidid hymenopterous fly (genus Harmolita), especially H. tritici, that does great damage to wheat, barley, etc., by causing a gall–like excrescence at the joints of the stalk.
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