Teredo

Quick meaning: Teredo is a noun meaning (zoology) A mollusc of the genus Teredo, especially of species Teredo navalis.

Meaning

(zoology) A mollusc of the genus Teredo, especially of species Teredo navalis.

Example Sentences

Meet fell Teredo, as he mines the keel / With beaked head, and break his lips of steel […].

No timber that would stand the exposure to water as well as the ravages of white ants and the teredo, could be found.

Word Forms

• teredos
• teredoes

Synonyms for teredo

Depending on context, synonyms include shipworm, copperworm.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include worm, teredinid, teredine, shipworm, woodworm, auger-fish.

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