Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun strawworm

2 senses of strawworm

Sense 1
caddisworm, strawworm -- (larva of the caddis fly; constructs a case of silk covered with sand or plant debris)
       => caseworm -- (insect larva that constructs a protective case around its body)

Sense 2
strawworm, jointworm -- (larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains)
       => larva -- (the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose)