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Answer for the clue "Small roundworm parasitic on wheat ", 9 letters:
wheatworm

Word definitions for wheatworm in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. small roundworm parasitic on wheat [syn: wheat eel , wheat eelworm , Tylenchus tritici ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wheatworm \Wheat"worm`\, n. A small nematode worm ( Tylenchus tritici , formerly Anguillula tritici ) which attacks wheat, advancing through the stem to the grains in the ear. In wheat affected with smut, each of the diseased grains may contain a large ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context zoology English) (taxlink Anguina tritici species noshow=1), a nematode worm that attacks wheat.