Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A borer, as the ship-worm or teredo.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A borer; the teredo.

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  • noun zoology A teredo, or shipworm.

Etymologies

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French térédine.

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