1.   Nodules containing single worms are almost imperceptible, and the visible ones enclose several of the tiny worms as well as eggs and larvae.

2.   Four-year-old Exelixis has made its niche by studying the genes of tiny worms, obscure fungi and fruitflies.

3.   It is yellowish and at times alive with tiny worms.

4.   On Tuesday the pain was a tiny worm crawling from my left shoulder to my elbow.

5.   Pork should not be used, because the meat is not cooked at a high enough temperature to kill trichinosis, a disease caused by a tiny nematode worm.

6.   Raw fish should be inspected for the tiny worms, which are usually coiled.

7.   Some favored a tiny transparent worm, known as C. elegans.

8.   Surviving crops had been removed, and planners are now assessing how to dispose of soil contaminated with a pathogenic nematode, a tiny worm that ate crop roots.

9.   In his partially dissected specimen, tiny parasitic flat worms were packed into the joint where the frog was missing a leg.