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