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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: shipworm
shipworm
n : wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and
ships by means of drill-like shells [syn:
teredinid]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: shipworm
Teredo
\Te*re"do\, n.; pl. E.
Teredos, L.
Teredines. [L., a
worm that gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to Gr. ?, L. terere
to rub.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which
bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves,
bottoms of ships, etc.; -- called also
shipworm. See
Shipworm. See Illust. in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]
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