TEREDO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: teredines   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Typical shipworm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("teredo" is a kind of...):

shipworm; teredinid (wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells)

Holonyms ("teredo" is a member of...):

genus Teredo (type genus of the family Teredinidae)

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