'Shipworm' definitions:

Definition of 'shipworm'

noun

Wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells [syn: shipworm, teredinid]

Definition of 'Shipworm'

From: GCIDE

Shipworm \Ship"worm`\, 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'shipworm'

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]

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