"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.
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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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