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earworm

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  1. A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.
  2. Ellipsis of corn earworm (“larva of the moths Helicoverpa zea (syn. Heliothis zea) and Helicoverpa armigera, which are agricultural pests”).
  3. An earwig (“insect of the order Dermaptera”).

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