bookworm

book·worm  (bkwûrm)

n.

1. One who spends much time reading or studying.

2. Any of various insects, especially booklice and silverfish, that infest books and feed on the paste in the bindings.

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bookworm [ˈbʊkˌwɜːm]

n

1. a person excessively devoted to studying

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small insects that feed on the binding paste of books, esp the book louse

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bookworm - a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit pedant, scholastic purist - someone who insists on great precision and correctness (especially in the use of words) bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
	2.	bookworm - someone who spends a great deal of time reading reader - a person who enjoys reading

Translations

bookworm [ˈbʊkwɜːm] N (fig) → ratón m de biblioteca

bookworm [ˈbʊkwɜː^rm] n → dévoreur/euse m/f de livres, rat m de bibliothèque

bookworm [ˈbʊkˌwɜːm] n (fig) → topo di biblioteca

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bookworm [ˈbʊkˌwɜːm] n (fig) → topo di biblioteca