Teredo

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

teredo
    n 1: typical shipworm

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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