Definitionn. wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
Last update: October 6, 2015
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De la Roquette in the French translation gives _bruma_ the meaning of "shipworm," supposing it to be a variant form of _broma_. [Please select]
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His boots trod again a damp crackling mast, razorshells, squeaking pebbles, that on the unnumbered pebbles beats, wood sieved by the shipworm, lost Armada. [Please select]
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An Unusual Extension of the Distribution of the Shipworm in San Francisco Bay, California, by Albert L. [Please select]
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[4] The teredo or shipworm was a serious peril in the days before the sheathing of ships. [Please select]
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In the month of January the mouth of the river was entirely closed up,[403-1] and in April the vessels were so eaten by the shipworm,[403-2] that they could scarcely be kept above water. [Please select]
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