Category:Teredo

Te*re"do, n.; pl. E. Teredos, l. Teredines. Etym: [l., a worm that Gnaws wood, clothes, etc.; akin to gr. terere to rub.] (zoöl.)

Defn: a genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore Into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, Etc.; -- called also shipworm. See shipworm. See illust. in app.