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bookworm

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

book·worm / ˈboŏkˌwərm/ • n. 1. inf. a person devoted to reading. 2. the larva of a wood-boring beetle that feeds on the paper and glue in books.

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bookworm

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

bookworm popular name for the larvae of several beetles that bore through books, e.g., the drugstore, spider, and deathwatch beetles.

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bookworm

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

bookworm •affirm, berm, confirm, firm, germ, herm, midterm, perm, sperm, squirm, term, therm, worm •pachyderm • echinoderm •wheatgerm • endosperm •gymnosperm • isogeotherm •ragworm • flatworm • threadworm •tapeworm •eelworm, mealworm •silkworm • ringworm • inchworm •blindworm • lobworm • roundworm •slow-worm • screw worm •woodworm •bookworm, hookworm •bloodworm • lugworm • lungworm •earthworm

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	POP LAUNCHES FIRST NINTENDODSIWARE TITLE, "BOOKWORM". Newspaper article from: Multimedia Publisher; 1/1/2010
	BOOKWORM. Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 6/4/1999
	Bookworms: Great Writers and Readers Celebrate Reading Magazine article from: USA TODAY; 5/1/1997