shipworm

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

teredinid buck dollar clam sawbuck teredo wood-worm

Hypernyms

clam

Hyponyms

teredo Bankia setaceae giant northwest shipworm

Close letter words and terms

shipwide shipwork shipworker shipwreck shipwreck survivor shipwrecked