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worm

/wɝm/

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1 · noun

any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae

虫

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The early bird catches the worm.

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早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

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