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Definition[1]

kimi : [m.] a worm; vermin.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Kimi m. [Vedic kṛmi] a worm, vermin: setā kimī kaṇha- sīsā A iii.241; Miln 272; DA i.199; -- As animal of death and putrefaction M i.507; J i.146; Sn 201; esp. with ref. to the punishment of Petas: Pv i.31; Th 2, 439; PvA 192; Sdhp 603. As glow -- worm M ii.34; 41 (with khajjopanaka); sālaka˚ a very minute insect Miln 312. In similes: Th 1, 1175 (kimī va mīlhasallitto); Vism 500, 598. In cpd. kimi -- kula the worm kind (genus worm) Miln 100; Vism 235; ˚gaṇa crowd of worms Vism 314.

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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