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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GNATWORM

n.A small water insect produced by a gnat, and which after its several changes is transformed into a gnat; the larva of a gnat.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GNATWORM

GNATWORM Gnat "worm `, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The aquatic larva of a gnat; -- called also, colloquially, wiggler.