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Shipworm
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noun
Shipworm
n. (Zool.) 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.
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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Words linked to "Shipworm" :
Teredinidae
,
Bankia setaceae
,
clam
,
family Teredinidae
,
teredinid
,
teredo
,
giant northwest shipworm
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