mealworm
noun
meal·worm
ˈmēl-ˌwərm 
: the larva of a darkling beetle (especially genus Tenebrio) that infests grain products but is often raised as food for insectivorous animals, for laboratory use, or as fishing bait
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Holloway’s apartment building in Brooklyn Heights was vandalized last week with red paint with vandals leaving a box of crickets and mealworms and breaking the glass of the lobby door with a hammer, police said.
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
But on Thursday, four protesters returned several miles south of Columbia to vandalize an executive’s Brooklyn Heights home with red paint, leaving a box of crickets and mealworms and breaking the glass of the lobby door with a hammer.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
The video also shows maggots and mealworms crawling across a table set with drinking glasses as Israeli and American flags stand side by side in the background.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
For instance, mealworms can only be eaten in the larva stage, while American desert locusts can only be eaten in the adult stage.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
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Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2024
But on Thursday, four protesters returned several miles south of Columbia to vandalize an executive’s Brooklyn Heights home with red paint, leaving a box of crickets and mealworms and breaking the glass of the lobby door with a hammer.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
The video also shows maggots and mealworms crawling across a table set with drinking glasses as Israeli and American flags stand side by side in the background.
—Ellie Silverman, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
For instance, mealworms can only be eaten in the larva stage, while American desert locusts can only be eaten in the adult stage.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
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“Mealworm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mealworm. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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mealworm
noun
meal·worm
-ˌwərm
: any of various small brownish larvae of various beetles that live in grain products and are often raised as food for insect-eating animals or as bait
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