The common name of various larval and adult insects that damage books by feeding on the paper and binding, and by burrowing activity. It is used particularly of the booklouse and silverfish.
Bookworm may also refer to:
Bookworm (insect), a popular generalization for any insect which supposedly bores through books Bookworm (comics), a comic strip in the Whoopee!, and later Whizzer and Chips, comic books Bookworm (game), word-forming puzzle video game by PopCap Games Bookworm, a radio show on literature hosted by Michael Silverblatt on KCRW The Bookworm, a painting by German painter Carl Spitzweg .303 Bookworm, a fictional Discworld creature Bookworm, a puppet on the Australian kids TV programme The Book Place| This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. |
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