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Noun
/ˈbo͝okˌwərm/,
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bookworms, plural;
  1. A person devoted to reading

  2. The larva of a wood-boring beetle that feeds on the paper and glue in books


  1. pedant: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit
  2. someone who spends a great deal of time reading
  3. Bibliophilia or bibliophilism is the love of books. Accordingly a bibliophile is an individual who loves books. More commonly referred to as a bookworm, the individual loves books for their content, or otherwise loves reading. ...
  4. This is a list of recurring characters from the cartoon series Tiny Toon Adventures, an American animated television series which aired from 1990 to 1995. ...
  5. Bookworm was the eponymous fictional character in a comic strip in the British comic, Whoopee!. It first appeared in the early 1980s, and survived Whoopee!'s merger with Whizzer and Chips in 1985, becoming a Chip-ite. ...
  6. Bookworm is a popular generalization for any insect which supposedly bores through books.
  7. Bookworm (or Bespelled) is a word-forming computer puzzle game by PopCap Games. From a grid of available letters, players connect letters to form words. As words are formed, they are removed from the grid and the remaining letters collapse to fill the available space. ...
  8. The Bookworm (Der Bücherwurm) is an 1850 oil-on canvas painting by the German painter and poet Carl Spitzweg. ...
  9. Any of various insects that infest books; An avid book reader
  10. An organism, sometimes a literal worm, which harms books by feeding on their binding or leaves. Also a term for a person devoted to books.
  11. (P) - Easily becomes absorbed in books, lowering evasive skills.