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▸ noun: Any 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.
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▸ noun: Any 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.
Similar:
teredinid,
woodworm,
termite of the sea,
tube worm,
teredine,
teredo,
tubeworm,
seaworm,
auger-fish,
wormshell,
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