shipworm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shipworm	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for shipworm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shipworm n wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells Synonym(s): shipworm, teredinid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shipworm \Ship"worm`\, n. (Zo[94]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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]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.