Meaning of thousand-legged worm | Babel Free
Examples
“... a thousand-legged worm was squirming down my back just over the spinal column.”
“[…] 149 stomaches examined […] showed 19 per cent of ants, 16 per cent of cut worms, 10 per cent of thousand-legged worms, 9 per cent of tent caterpillars, 8 per cent of ground beetles and other close allies, 6 per cent of May beetles and allies, 5 per cent of wire worm beetles and allies, 5 per cent of destructive weevils[…]”
“... a thousand-legged worm that one of the boys had stuck a pin through, to watch it writhe and bite itself behind the pin.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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