A worm was a type of animal life form.
Worms were one of the few life forms on Ceti Alpha V which were safe to eat. (TOS novel: To Reign in Hell: The Exile of Khan Noonien Singh)
On Ssan, Ssani silk was woven by worms in the mountains of the Southern Continent. (TOS novel: Shadows on the Sun)
"The worm has turned" was an expression. Charles Tucker III used it in 2152. (ENT novel: What Price Honor?)
"Can of worms" was another expression. In 2268, after Spock acted uncharacteristically coldly (due to having been split into two halves by Albar Exar), Leonard McCoy observed to James T. Kirk that it was "a whole new can o' worms." (TOS - The New Voyages short story: "Ni Var")
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- Worm article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Worm article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.