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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The spirally threaded shaft of a worm gear.
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ruzuzu commented on the word worm screw
"The spirally threaded shaft of a worm gear."
--The American Heritage Dictionary
January 5, 2011