Definitions for: Wireworm

[n] wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants

Webster (1913) Definition: Wire"worm`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) One of the larv[ae] of various species of snapping
beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness
and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms
are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants.
Called also wire grub.
(b) A galleyworm.

See Also: Elateridae, family Elateridae, larva