Shipworm definitions

Shipworm

1) Borer 2) Teredinid 3) Teredo
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Shipworm

1) Clam 2) Teredinid
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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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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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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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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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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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shipworm

[n] - wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
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shipworm

teredinid noun wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
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