teredo Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun typical shipworm

WordNet

Te*re"do noun
Etymology
L., a worm that gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to Gr. , L. terere to rub.
Wordforms
plural E Teredos L Teredines
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913