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Shipworm has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

Any of several wormlike marine mollusks (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae, that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water.

See Also
woody ship bore teredinidae marine mollusk coppered wooden
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
clam
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
teredo giant northwest shipworm
Rhyming Words
orm corm worm form norm gorm dorm feorm storm enorm reform e form afform byform efform v form unform urform enform deworm
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