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

  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.] (Zool.)
     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 Appendix.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  teredo
       n : typical shipworm
       [also: {teredines} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  teredines
       See {teredo}

















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