Definition of Shipworm. Meaning of Shipworm. Synonyms of Shipworm

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Definition of Shipworm

Shipworm
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.
shipworm
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.

Meaning of Shipworm from wikipedia

- The shipworms, also called Teredo worms or simply Teredo (from Ancient Gr**** τερηδών (terēdṓn) 'wood-worm', via Latin terēdō), are marine bivalve molluscs...
- Kuphus polythalamius (known as giant tamilok) is a species of shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae. The tube of Kuphus polythalamius...
- Teredo navalis, commonly called the naval shipworm or turu, is a species of sal****er clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae. This species...
- Teredo tunneling protocol was Shipworm. The idea was that the protocol would pierce through NAT devices, much as the shipworm (a kind of marine wood-boring...
- protecting ****s in the Netherlands were phased out due to the spread of shipworm infestations. Dynamic revetments use gravel or cobble-sized rocks to mimic...
- portoricensis, known commonly as the Puerto Rico shipworm, is a species of wood-boring clam or shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Teredinidae...
- Lit****do is a genus of shipworm native to the Abatan River in the Philippines. It contains a single species, Lit****do abatanica, described in June 2019...
- (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage Coleophora teredo...
- bipartitus (Jeffreys, 1860) – furrow shipworm Lyrodus dicroa (Roch, 1929) Lyrodus florid**** (Bartsch, 1922) – Florida shipworm Lyrodus m****a (Lamy, 1923) Lyrodus...
- Kuphus is a genus of shipworms, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae. While there are four extinct species in the genus, the only extant...