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Webster 1913 Edition


Teredine

Ter′e-dine

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Noun.
[F.
térédine
.]
(Zool.)
A borer; the teredo.

Definition 2024


teredine

teredine

See also: térédine

English

Noun

teredine (plural teredines)

  1. (zoology) A teredo, or shipworm.


Italian

Noun

teredine f (plural teredini)

  1. teredo, shipworm (of family Teredinidae)

Latin

Noun

terēdine

  1. ablative singular of terēdō