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TEREDO
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Irregular inflected form: teredines
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Typical shipworm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("teredo" is a kind of...):
shipworm; teredinid (wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells)
Holonyms ("teredo" is a member of...):
genus Teredo (type genus of the family Teredinidae)
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