Found 2 items, similar to Teredines.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: teredines teredo n : typical shipworm [also: teredines (pl)] teredines See teredo
English → English (gcide) Definition: Teredines 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]