Definitions for shipworm
ˈʃɪpˌwɜrmship·worm

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1. shipworm, teredinidnoun

   wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells

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1. shipwormnoun

   Any of several wormlike marine mollusks (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae, that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material entering the sea.

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1. Shipworm

   The shipworms are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae: a group of saltwater clams with long, soft, naked bodies. They are notorious for boring into (and commonly eventually destroying) wood that is immersed in sea water, including such structures as wooden piers, docks and ships; they drill passages by means of a pair of very small shells (“valves”) borne at one end, with which they rasp their way through. Sometimes called "termites of the sea", they also are known as "Teredo worms" or simply Teredo (from Ancient Greek: τερηδών, romanized: terēdṓn, lit. 'wood-worm' via Latin: terēdō). Carl Linnaeus assigned the common name Teredo to the best-known genus of shipworms in the 10th edition of his taxonomic magnum opus, Systema Naturæ (1758).

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1. Shipwormnoun

   any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo

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1. Shipworm

   Shipworms are not worms at all, but rather a group of unusual saltwater clams with long, soft, naked bodies; they are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae. They are notorious for boring into wood that is immersed in sea water, including such structures as wooden piers, docks and ships; they drill passages by means of a pair of very small shells borne at one end, with which they rasp their way through. Sometimes called "termites of the sea", they also are known by the common name "Teredo worms" or simply "teredo", from the Greek language "τερηδων", via Latin. Eventually biologists adopted the common name Teredo as the name for the best-known genus.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shipworm in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of shipworm in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shipworm
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shipworm
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipworm
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipworm
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=shipworm