Look up: shipworm

1. Shipworm
   (latin: teredo navalis) This little animal eats wood. It only resides in salt water. Thus wooden wrecks in the Baltic Sea and sweetwater lakes are spared.
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2. shipworm
   [n] - wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
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3. Shipworm
   Ship'worm` noun (Zoology) 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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4. shipworm
   <zoology> 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. ... (06 Mar 1998) ...
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5. shipworm
   teredinid noun wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
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6. Shipworm
   • (n.) 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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7. shipworm
   any of the approximately 65 species of marine bivalve mollusks of the family Teredidae (Teredinidae). Shipworms are common in most oceans and seas ... [2 related articles]
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8. shipworm
   shipworm or teredo (terē'dō) , marine bivalve mollusk of the family Teredinidae, specialized for boring in wood. A shipworm is not a worm, but a greatly elongated clam. Its two shells, enclosing only the front end of the body, function as a tool, rather than a protective covering; th...
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9. Shipworm
   `Shipworms` are not worms at all, but rather a group of unusual saltwater clams with very small shells, notorious for boring into (and eventually destroying) wooden structures that are immersed in sea water, such as piers, docks and wooden ships. Sometimes called "termites of the sea", the...
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