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Teredo
Te-re′do
,Noun.
pl. E.
Teredos
(#)
, L. Teredines
(#)
. [L., a worm that gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to Gr. [GREEK], 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. Webster 1828 Edition
Teredo
TERE'DO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
teredo
teredo
See also: Teredo
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn, “woodworm”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /teˈreː.doː/, [tɛˈreː.doː]
Noun
terēdō f (genitive terēdinis); third declension
- woodworm, boring-worm, wood-fretter
- moth
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | terēdō | terēdinēs |
| genitive | terēdinis | terēdinum |
| dative | terēdinī | terēdinibus |
| accusative | terēdinem | terēdinēs |
| ablative | terēdine | terēdinibus |
| vocative | terēdō | terēdinēs |
Descendants
- Translingual: Teredo
References
- teredo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- teredo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- TEREDO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “teredo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.