TEREDO (teredines)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: teredines   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does teredo mean? 

• TEREDO (noun)
  The noun TEREDO has 1 sense:

1. typical shipworm

  Familiarity information: TEREDO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEREDO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Typical shipworm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("teredo" is a kind of...):

shipworm; teredinid (wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells)

Holonyms ("teredo" is a member of...):

genus Teredo (type genus of the family Teredinidae)