galley-wormとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

galleyworm (複数形 galleyworms)

1. A centipede or millipede.
   • 1936, Rennie Wilbur Doane, ‎Edwin Cooper Van Dyke, ‎Willard Joseph Chamberlin, Forest Insects, page 212:

     The larvae are elongated and in many cases much like the more flattened millipedes or galleyworms in appearance.

   • 1972, René Maran, Batouala: A True Black Novel, page 64:

     that evil idiot, who walked slowly dragging himself along like a galleyworm.

   • 1996, Graziella Parati, Public History, Private Stories: Italian Women's Autobiography, page 85:

     Once I managed to combine something in which I had included also roach pulp and galleyworm legs.