Ship"worm` (?), n. (Zoöl.)
Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo
and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive
to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.
Ship"worm` (?), n. (Zoöl.)
Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo
and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive
to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.