牙蟲

牙虫
yáchóng
  1. dental caries
  2. water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 牙 yá
  1. tooth
  2. ivory

classifier: 顆
=2 蟲 chóng
  1. lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures
  2. (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic

classifiers: 條, 隻
=2 蟲 zhòng
  1. (obsolete, of insect) to bite; to eat
  2. to bite; to eat