- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells Source: wordnet
- 3. 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. Source: webster
- 4. Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo andallied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive towooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells Source: ecdict
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