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A worm is a device used to remove unspent powder bag remnants from a cannon or other piece of muzzle-loading field artillery. [1] It usually took the form of a double or triple [ 2 ] corkscrew-shaped piece of iron on the end of a long pole that could be twisted down the barrel to pick up any debris left over from the previous firing of the ...
Gongylonema pulchrum was first named and presented with its own species by Molin in 1857. The first reported case was in 1850 by Dr. Joseph Leidy, when he identified a worm "obtained from the mouth of a child" from the Philadelphia Academy (however, an earlier case may have been treated in patient Elizabeth Livingstone in the seventeenth century [2]).
Zoophycos occurs in two forms, one planar, and one which resembles a corkscrew. [2] In the latter helicoidal form, successive turns have larger or smaller radii. A marginal tube surrounds the perimeter of the corkscrew, linked to the vertical shaft that connects the burrow to the surface. Spreiten occur between the marginal tube and the ...
A Worm From Hell Is Invading Texas Education Images - Getty Images There’s an invasive species of worm making itself known in Texas once again—the hammerhead flatworm.
Surfers beware: Bearded fireworms, caterpillarlike critters that look like they are straight out of a horror movie are lurking in the sand on Texas beaches. " Your worst nightmares are washing up ...
A worm can enter into the veins of the intestinal lining, where it will mature, mate and lay eggs. The eggs then get into the lungs, spleen, liver, and heart, causing an autoimmune reaction.
A corkscrew is a tool for drawing corks from wine bottles and other household bottles that may be sealed with corks. In its traditional form, a corkscrew simply consists of a pointed metallic helix (often called the "worm") attached to a handle, which the user screws into the cork and pulls to extract it. Corkscrews are necessary because corks ...
The poisonous, invasive hammerhead worm is on the rise in Texas amid flooding around Houston. Poisonous hammerhead worms rising in Texas. When chopped in two, they double