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Noun: bookworm  'bûk,wurm
  1. [informal] Someone who spends a great deal of time reading
    "The bookworm spent every lunch break in the library"
     
  2. Any of various insects that damage books by boring through the pages
    "The old library had to be treated for bookworms"

Derived forms: bookworms

Type of: reader

Encyclopedia: Bookworm, Run!