Bookworm

Book′wormˊ

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Noun.

1.

(Zool.)

Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.

2.

A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.

I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a

bookworm

as any there.

Pope.

,

Noun.

[book and worm.] A worm or mite that eats holes in books.

1.

A student closely attached to books,or addicted to study; also, a reader without judgment.

See also: book worm

bookworm ‎(plural bookworms)

insect

avid reader

Czech: knihomol m
Danish: bogorm c
Dutch: boekenwurm (nl) m
Finnish: kirjatoukka
French: rat de bibliothèque (fr)
German: Bücherwurm (de) m, Leseratte (de) f
Greek: βιβλιοφάγος (el) m, f ‎(vivliofágos), φιλαναγνώστης (el) m ‎(filanagnóstis), βιβλιόφιλος (el) m ‎(vivliófilos)
Hebrew: תולעת ספרים ‎(tola'at sfarym)
Hungarian: könyvmoly (hu)
Indonesian: kutu buku (id)
Italian: bibliofago m, topo di biblioteca m
Japanese: 本の虫 ‎(honnomushi)
Kannada: ಕುಡುಮಿ ‎(kuḍumi)
Kazakh: кітап құрты ‎(kitap qurtı)
Manx: sheer-lhaider m