shipworm
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shipworm
- /ˈʃɪpwɜːm/ UK
- /ˈʃɪpwɝm/ US
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From ship + worm.
noun shipworms
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Any of several wormlike marine molluscs (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water; specifically, the naval shipworm or turu (Teredo navalis), the type species of the genus Teredo.
Ship-VVorms [running head] […] It is reported that thoſe VVorms vvhich get into a Ships bottom in the ſalt vvater, vvill dye in the freſh vvater; and that the freſh vvater VVorms vvill dye in ſalt vvater: but in brackiſh vvater both ſorts vvill increaſe prodigiouſly.
Similar: teredine, teredinid, termite of the sea
Translations
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noun any of several wormlike marine molluscs of the family Teredinidae
| Español | broma |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 좀조개 jomjogae |
| 日本語 | 船喰虫, 船食虫 funakuimushi, 船虫 funamushi |
| हिन्दी | बत bat |
| Português | gusano, cupim-do-mar, turu, teredo |
| Français | taret |
| Deutsch | Schiffsbohrmuschel, Schiffsbohrwurm |
| Italiano | bruma, teredine |
| Русский | корабе́льный червь korabélʹnyj červʹ, ша́шень šášenʹ |
| עברית | תּוֹלַעַת אֳנִיוֹת tola'at oniyot |
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