Chelura

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chelura \Che*lu"ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw + o'yra`
     tail.] (Zool.)
     A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and
     sometimes destroy timber.
     [1913 Webster]