Teredo
[tә'ri:dәu]
Definition
(n.) 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.
Edited by Elvis
Definition
n. the ship-worm a worm very destructive in boring into wood.—Also Ter′edine.
Editor: Rochelle