woodworm

noun woodworms

1. countable, uncountable Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood. 1599, Simon Harward, “A Displaying of the wilfull deuises of wicked and vaine worldlings” in Three Sermons, London: Richard Johns, […] Chrisostome doth compaire enuie to the wood worm which though it doe breede in the tymber, yet it doth consume & waste the tymber, as enuie springing of the heart do
2. countable, uncountable Anobium punctatum (common furniture beetle).

   Similar: furniture beetle

3. countable, uncountable A shipworm, a worm-like mollusk in the family Teredinidae that feeds on wood underwater in saltwater.