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noun
A small crawling animal
Synonyms: caterpillar, grub, larva, maggot, leech, helminth, angleworm, annelid, arrowworm, centipede, earthworm, eel, ess, louse, flatworm, fluke, inch, parasite, infiltrate, lug, millipede, mucker, nematode, penetrate, roundworm, scoundrel, insect, serpent, armyworm, silkworm, snake, tapeworm, threadworm, tinea, trematode, bollworm, dirt ball, earworm, webworm, woodworm
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verb
To move or proceed with short irregular motions up and down or from side to side
Synonyms: squiggle, squirm, waggle, wiggle, wriggle, writhe
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noun
A debased creature
Synonyms: wretch, hypocrite, beggar, fraud, brute, scoundrel, reprobate, snake, low-life, shyster, trickster, sneak, devil, demon, hellhound, scum, creep, riffraff, sharper, swindler, hoaxer
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verb
To move along in a crouching or prone position
Synonyms: crawl, inch, creep, insinuate oneself, writhe, slide, wrestle, sidle, snake, wriggle, squirm, twist
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noun
Helminthiasis; usually plural
Synonyms: hookworm, intestinal worms, tapeworms
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verb
To introduce gradually and slyly
Synonyms: edge, foist, infiltrate, insinuate, wind, work
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verb
To make, achieve, or get through contrivance or guile
Synonyms: engineer, finesse, finagle, wangle
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adjective
Synonyms: vermicular, vermiculate, vermiform