"Teredos" is a word in ENGLISH

A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.

The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper.

A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer …

One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, as the Teredo. See Illust. …

The teredo.

Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to …

tamílok - A large worm growing to about eight inches in length and half an inch in diameter, often found …

A borer; the teredo.

of Teredo

A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms …

A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very …