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shipworm |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 App. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shipworm n : wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells [syn: {teredinid}]
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