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SHIPWORM

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

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

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

• SHIPWORM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

shipworm; teredinid

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

clam (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shipworm"):

teredo (typical shipworm)

Bankia setaceae; giant northwest shipworm (giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America)

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

family Teredinidae; Teredinidae (shipworms)

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