1. A tape-worm; as consisting of a series of joints.
1706. Mrs. Centlivre, Basset-Table, III. E iij. ’Tis the Joint-Worm, which the Learned talk of so much,… or Vulgarly in English the Tape-Worm.
2. U.S. The larva of various species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the genus Isosoma, which are very destructive to grain.
