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Teredine

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teredinidnoun(zoology) Any shipworm in the family Teredinidae.
termite of the seanounSynonym of shipworm.
woodwormnounAny of many beetle larvae that bore into wood.
shipwormnounAny of several wormlike marine molluscs (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water; specifically, the naval shipworm or turu (Teredo navalis), the type species of the genus Teredo.
auger-fishnoun(dialect, Cornwall) A shipworm of the genus Teredo, most commonly Teredo navalis^(WP WSp Commons).
seawormnounAlternative form of sea worm. [A marine annelid.]
sea centipedenounAny of various polychaete worms
sea wormnounA marine annelid.
limnorianounA member of the genus Limnoria of shipworms.
tube wormnounAlternative form of tubeworm. [Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.]
tubewormnounAny of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.
diplectanotremnounAny flatworm of the genus Diplectanotrema
sandwormnoun(US) A clam worm or ragworm, of species Alitta virens.
amphitritenoun(Greek mythology) A nymph, the wife of Poseidon.
lobwormnounThe lugworm.
giant tube wormnounRiftia pachyptila, a large marine worm found around the floor of the Pacific Ocean near geothermal vents.
codwormnounSynonym of caddisworm.
arrow wormnounA predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha.
chaetognathannounA chaetognath, or arrow worm.
pompeii wormnounAlvinella pompejana, a deep-sea polychaete worm.

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