peamaggot (pemag"ot)

The grub or larva of a tortricid moth, Semasia nebritana, which is destructive to pease, a common British species. pea-measle (pe'mē"zl), n. The Cysticercus pis i form is, a measle or cysticercoid of some animals, as the rabbit, being the scolex or hydatid form of Tænia serrata, a tapeworm of the dog. pea-moth (pē ́môth), n. A European tortricid moth, whose larva feeds on pea-pods and is Peakrel (pēk'rel), n. and a. [Also Peakril ; Peak (see def.) + -er - el , as in cockerel , pickerel , etc.] I. n. An inhabitant of the Peak in Derby- shire, England. [Local, Eng.] II. a. Of or pertaining to the Peak: as, a Peakrel horse. Tennyson, Palace of Art.