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GENUS TEREDO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Teredo mean?
• GENUS TEREDO (noun)
The noun GENUS TEREDO has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Teredinidae
Familiarity information: GENUS TEREDO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Teredinidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Teredo" is a kind of...):
mollusk genus (a genus of mollusks)
Meronyms (members of "genus Teredo"):
teredo (typical shipworm)
Holonyms ("genus Teredo" is a member of...):
family Teredinidae; Teredinidae (shipworms)
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