teredo

English - Turkish

Definition of teredo in English Turkish dictionary

iskele kurdu

gemi kurdu

gemi kurt

gemi kerestesini delen kurt

English - English

Definition of teredo in English English dictionary

A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, etc

in App

typical shipworm

called also shipworm

Related Terms

The teredo

pileworm

genus teredo

type genus of the family Teredinidae

Hyphenation

te·re·do

Etymology

[ t&-'rE-(")dO, -'rA- ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Latin teredin-, teredo, from Greek terEdOn; akin to Greek tetrainein to bore; more at THROW.