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Webster 1913 Edition
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.