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Meaning of "shipworm" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHIPWORM

ˈʃɪpˌwɜːm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIPWORM

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Shipworm is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SHIPWORM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Teredo navalis

Teredo navalis, the naval shipworm, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae, the shipworms. This species is the type species of the genus Teredo. Like other species in this family, this bivalve is called a shipworm because it resembles a worm in general appearance, but at the anterior end it has a small shell of two valves which is specialised to bore through wood. This species may have originated in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, but has spread around the world. It tunnels into underwater piers and pilings and is a major cause of damage and destruction to submarine timber structures and the hulls of wooden boats. In the Netherlands shipworms were found around 1730 seriously affecting the wooden dike revetments. To prevent flooding disasters they had to replace them with heavy stones at great expense.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHIPWORM

bloodworm · bollworm · bookworm · budworm · cutworm · earthworm · earworm · flatworm · gapeworm · heartworm · hookworm · mealworm · pinworm · ringworm · rootworm · roundworm · sandworm · silkworm · tapeworm · whipworm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHIPWORM

shipping container · shipping department · shipping documents · shipping forecast · shipping industry · shipping lane · shipping line · shipping losses · shipping ton · shippo · shippon · shippound · shipshape · shipshape and Bristol fashion · shipside · shipway · shipwreck · shipwrecked · shipwright · shipyard

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHIPWORM

army worm · bagworm · cankerworm · corn earworm · deworm · fireworm · fishworm · glow-worm · Guinea worm · hornworm · inchworm · lindworm · lugworm · lungworm · pillworm · threadworm · tube worm · webworm · white worm · worm

Synonyms and antonyms of shipworm in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «shipworm» into 25 languages

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The translations of shipworm from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shipworm» in English.
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船蛆
1,325 millions of speakers
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carcoma
570 millions of speakers
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shipworm
510 millions of speakers
hi

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shipworm
380 millions of speakers
ar

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shipworm
280 millions of speakers
ru

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Шашель
278 millions of speakers
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turus
270 millions of speakers
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shipworm
260 millions of speakers
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tarets
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Cacing kapal
190 millions of speakers
de

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Schiffsbohrwurm
180 millions of speakers
ja

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フナクイムシ
130 millions of speakers
ko

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shipworm
85 millions of speakers
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Shipworm
85 millions of speakers
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shipworm
80 millions of speakers
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shipworm
75 millions of speakers
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जहाजविकार
75 millions of speakers
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shipworm
70 millions of speakers
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teredine
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shipworm
50 millions of speakers
uk

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шашіль
40 millions of speakers
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shipworm
30 millions of speakers
el

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shipworm
15 millions of speakers
af

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paal worm
14 millions of speakers
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skeppsmask
10 millions of speakers
no

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shipworm
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIPWORM»

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Life in the Chesapeake Bay
A fragment of shipworm-infested timber freshly retrieved from the water may contain live worms still encapsulated within their burrows. Generally, pieces of infested wood found on the beach will show only the characteristic network of burrows.
Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson, 2006
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Underwater Investigations: Standard Practice Manual
The shipworm begins its life cycle as a free-swimming larva that attaches to wood , preferably untreated, and starts boring. It can spread from one member to another only when it is in this free-swimming larval stage. After the wood is bored into, ...
Kenneth M. Childs, 2001
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Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe. Distribution, Impacts ...
The tiny borehole will remain the only connection to the outside for the shipworm. Teredo navalis is a protandric hermaphrodite, it starts to develop male gametes six weeks after metamorphosis (Nair & Sraswathy 1971). The transition from ...
Erkki Leppc$koski, Stephan Gollasch, Sergej Olenin, 2002
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Encyclopedia of Invasive Species: From Africanized Honey ...
Also known as: Atlantic shipworm, great shipworm Scientific name: Teredo navalis Family: Teredinidae Native Range. Naval shipworms have been transported around the world in the hulls of wooden sailing ships for centuries. It is difficult to ...
Susan L. Woodward, Joyce A. Quinn, 2011
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Encyclopedia of Invasive Species: From Africanized Honey ...
Also known as: Atlantic shipworm, great shipworm Scientific name: Teredo navalis Family: Teredinidae Native Range. Naval shipworms have been transported around the world in the hulls of wooden sailing ships for centuries. It is difficult to ...
Susan L. Woodward, Joyce A. Quinn, 2011
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Boys' Life
He knew that these "tunnels" had been made by a shipworm, a very destructive little animal that bores holes into piles of wharves and into the hulls of wooden ships. Taking a magnifying glass from his pocket, the man broke open a section of ...
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Aquatic Life of the World: Sea pen-Swordfish
The white material lining the holes is produced by the muscular part of the shipworm's body called the mantle. SEE ALSO Clam Digestion Mollusk Mussel Oyster ▽ Like other mollusks, the ship- worm has a muscular foot, which it uses to pull ...
‎2001
8
The Edge of the Sea
sands of years ago, men began to send wooden vessels across the sea and to build wharves at its edge; in all such wooden structures, the shipworm found a greatly extended range, to the cost of the human race. The shipworm 's place in ...
Rachel Carson, 1998
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Wood Microbiology: Decay and Its Prevention
This inability to move was exploited by captains when they sailed their shipworm- infested wooden vessels into tidal freshwater rivers for several months to eliminate the shipworm infestations. Once shipworm larvae bore into the wood, they ...
Robert A. Zabel, Jeffrey J. Morrell, 1992
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Amazon Sweet Sea: Land, Life, and Water at the River's Mouth
Manuel, a middle-aged curer in Vigia, pointed out to me that although he was not partial to turu, he drinks shipworm juice when he suffers from asthma. Manuel is a chain-smoker, so he has to resort frequently to chalk-colored turu juice.
Nigel J. H. Smith, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIPWORM»

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New guidance promotes sustainable timber use
and shipworm (Teredo spp.) Tropical hardwoods have traditionally been preferred for such applications because they offer adequate strength and resistance to ... «New Civil Engineer, Jun 15»
2
Absurd Creature of the Week: The Lowly Clam That Almost Sank …
Caption: Brazilian fisherman Jose Alfredo de Souza Costa swallows a live shipworm he just pulled out of a mangrove trunk near Curuca at the mouth of the ... «Wired, Jun 15»
3
Ocean Avenue Footbridge Now Open!
Marine borers – also known as shipworms – eat wood and undermine its stability. The pilings have been treated and wrapped in airtight plastic to prevent future ... «Sheepshead Bites, May 15»
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Deep-sea shipworms revealed by micro-CT scans
Micro-CT (micro computed tomography) scans of wood have revealed clues about the lives of a strange deep-sea wood-eating creature, nicknamed a shipworm, ... «Natural History Museum, Apr 15»
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Sheepshead Bay Foot Bridge To Close For 2.5 Months To Fight …
The DOT briefed Community Board 15 on their battle against shipworms earlier this month, explaining the need to close the bridge as they bring in barges, ... «Sheepshead Bites, Feb 15»
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Sago grubs haram
Meanwhile, the office also announced that another type of grub, known as 'temilok' (a kind of shipworm found inside mangrove tree trunks), which is also a ... «The Borneo Post, Feb 15»
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Alan Titchmarsh backs Yarmouth Pier appeal
... patron of an appeal that raised £450,000 to replace almost half the historic pier's wooden piles after they were ravaged by shipworm and gribble worm. «Isle of Wight County Press, Jan 15»
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How to make fuel from woody biomass, with critters from a …
The shipworm is at best an unlovely creature. Reviled for centuries as a sort of aquatic termite, this voracious, lampreyish wood-borer is blamed for wrecking the ... «MinnPost, Nov 14»
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Worm Defies Tradition, Stores Gut Bacteria in Gills Instead
This is Bankia setacea, also called the Northwest or feathery shipworm. Humans usually pay attention to shipworms only when they perform their namesake ... «Discover Magazine, Nov 14»
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Researchers discover new digestive strategy in shipworms
To start, it's important to note that shipworms, the so-​​called “termites of the sea,” aren't actually worms—they're bizarre clams that look like worms. Similar to ... «News@Northeastern, Nov 14»
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