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Shipworm

🔄 Synonyms of "Shipworm"

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Word	Definition
teredinidnoun	(zoology) Any shipworm in the family Teredinidae.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Shipworm"

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Word	Definition
teredinidnoun	(zoology) Any shipworm in the family Teredinidae.
borernoun	A tool used for drilling.
woodwormnoun	Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood.
termite of the seanoun	Synonym of shipworm.
tube wormnoun	Alternative form of tubeworm. [Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.]
teredinenoun	A teredo, or shipworm.
teredonoun	(zoology) A mollusc of the genus Teredo, especially of species Teredo navalis.
tubewormnoun	Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.
seawormnoun	Alternative form of sea worm. [A marine annelid.]
auger-fishnoun	(dialect, Cornwall) A shipworm of the genus Teredo, most commonly Teredo navalis^(WP WSp Commons).
wormshellnoun	Alternative form of worm shell. [(zoology) Any member of the sea snail family Vermetidae.]
sea wormnoun	A marine annelid.
worm-shellnoun	Alternative form of worm shell. [(zoology) Any member of the sea snail family Vermetidae.]
giant tube wormnoun	Riftia pachyptila, a large marine worm found around the floor of the Pacific Ocean near geothermal vents.
sandwormnoun	(US) A clam worm or ragworm, of species Alitta virens.
spaghetti wormnoun	Worms with either their whole bodies or filaments attached to their bodies looking like spaghetti
arrowwormnoun	(zoology) A transparent predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha, found in plankton.
scalewormnoun	Any polychaete worm of the family Polynoidae
worm shellnoun	(zoology) Any member of the sea snail family Vermetidae.
mudwormnoun	Any species of worm that lives in mud, especially coastal mudflats.