Found 2 items, similar to Shipworm.
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 Shipworm \Ship"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo. [1913 Webster]