tarmes

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

tarmĕs, ĭtis, m. [root tero; Gr. τείρω, to bore],

a worm that eats wood , a woodworm , Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140.—Written also termes , Isid. Orig. 12, 5, 10; Serv. Verg. G. 1, 256.