tank-worm

English

Etymology

So-named as it was commonly found in the mud in water tanks of India in the 19th century.

Noun

tank-worm (plural tank-worms)

1. (archaic, India) A small nematoid worm, likely to be the young of the guinea-worm.

References

• “tank”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.