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Teredo definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TERE'DO, n. [L. from tero, to wear.] A worm that bores and penetrates the bottom of ships; or rather a genus of worms, so called.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: typical shipworm

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -dos) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin teredin-, teredo, from Greek ter?d?n; akin to Greek tetrainein to bore — more at throw Date: 14th century shipworm

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -os) any bivalve mollusc of the genus Teredo, esp. T. navalis, that bores into wooden ships etc. Also called SHIPWORM. Etymology: L f. Gk teredon f. teiro rub hard, wear away, bore

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Teredo Te*re"do, n.; pl. E. Teredos, L. Teredines. [L., a worm that gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to Gr. ?, L. terere to rub.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Ship-worm.