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teredo
(encz) | teredo, n: |
Teredo
(gcide) | 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.] (Zool.)
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 Appendix.
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teredo
(wn) | teredo
n 1: typical shipworm |
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teredo
(encz) | teredo, n: |
Teredo navalis
(gcide) | Inclusa \In*clu"sa\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. inclusus, p. p. of
includere to shut in.] (Zool.)
A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed
state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer
(Teredo navalis) is an example.
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Teredos
(gcide) | 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.] (Zool.)
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 Appendix.
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genus teredo
(wn) | genus Teredo
n 1: type genus of the family Teredinidae |
teredo
(wn) | teredo
n 1: typical shipworm |
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