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bet
If you say to your sister, "I bet you a dollar that you can't eat a worm," you mean that if your sister really can eat a worm, you will pay her a dollar. You are sure, though, that she can't. [1/3 definitions]
centipede
a small animal with a narrow body like a worm. A centipede's body is divided into many segments, each having a pair of legs. The front legs have poison claws. Centipedes are a kind of arthropod and are active at night.
earthworm
a long worm made up of many segments that loosens the soil by making tunnels.
glowworm
a worm-shaped insect that can give off light from its body. The larvae and the females of the firefly are kinds of glowworm.
leech
a kind of worm that lives in water or mud and sucks blood from animals. Leeches were once used in medicine to draw blood from people. Leaches are still sometimes used to prevent blood from clotting when reattaching fingers and toes that have been cut off.
millipede
a small animal that has a narrow body like a worm, with a hard outer layer. The body of the millipede is divided into many segments, and most segments have two pairs of legs. The millipede is a kind of arthropod.
worm
A worm is a small animal with no legs and no bones. A worm's body is long and thin and often looks like a small tube. Birds and fish like to eat worms. Worms live in water or on land. [1/3 definitions]
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