tarmĕs

ĭtis, m.

root tero; Gr. τείρω, to bore

I. a worm that eats wood, a woodworm, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140.—Written also termes, Isid. Orig. 12, 5, 10; Serv. Verg. G. 1, 256.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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