Wireworm
Pronunciation : Wire"worm`, n. (Zo?l.) (a) One of the larv? of various species of snapping beetles
Part of Speech : or
Definition :
elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub. (b) A galleyworm.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913