"Shipworm" is a word in ENGLISH
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.
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A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.
Read the complete definitionThe teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper.
Read the complete definitionA tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer …
Read the complete definitionOne of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, as the Teredo. See Illust. …
Read the complete definitionThe teredo.
Read the complete definitiontamílok - A large worm growing to about eight inches in length and half an inch in diameter, often found …
Read the complete definitionA borer; the teredo.
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Read the complete definitionA genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms …
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Read the complete definitionA genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very …
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