HyperDic: teredinid

English > 1 sense of the word teredinid:
NOUNanimalteredinid, shipwormwormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
English > teredinid: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningwormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells.
Synonymshipworm
Member ofTeredinidae, family Teredinidaeshipworms
Narrowergiant northwest shipworm, Bankia setaceaegiant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America
teredotypical shipworm
Broaderclamburrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud
Spanishbroma, terédine, teredinid
Catalanteredinid, teredínid

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