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Backworm vs Blackworm - What's the difference?

backworm | blackworm |

As nouns the difference between backworm and blackworm

is that backworm is a disease of hawks; filanders while blackworm is an oligochaete, (taxlink), found in shallow water marshes, ponds, and swamps in north america and europe, feeding on microorganisms and organic material.

backworm

English

Noun

  • A disease of hawks; filanders.
    • (Wright)
    (Webster 1913)

    blackworm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An oligochaete, (taxlink), found in shallow water marshes, ponds, and swamps in North America and Europe, feeding on microorganisms and organic material.