shipworms

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shipworms noun

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.

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teredinid family teredinidae teredinidae tunicates gribble finback whale comb jelly bryozoans gastropods isopod turnstones blacktip shark radula gobies crustacea eelgrass

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