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Meaning of MAWWORM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Maw"worm`\, n. [Maw the belly + worm.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any intestinal worm found in the stomach, esp. the common
    round worm ({Ascaris lumbricoides}), and allied species.
(b) One of the larv[ae] of botflies of horses; a bot.
 
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