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shipworm::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | teredinid |
| Type of | clam |
| Has types | bankia setaceae, giant northwest shipworm, teredo |
Examples of shipworm
shipworm
The drag of long fronds of growth cut the speed and the shipworm caused very severe hull damage, especially in tropical waters.
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Second, the cellulose that makes up the wood is not sufficiently nutritious as food and the shipworm cannot normally digest it.
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The terrible shipworm that eats wood.
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Older, wood-based shipwrecks such as the Vasa tend to remain well-preserved, as the Baltic's cold and brackish water does not suit the shipworm.
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The Anna Maria is part of a vast graveyard of ill-fated ships hidden in the murky waters of the Baltic Sea, protected from the shipworm that destroys wooden wrecks in saltier oceans.
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Once cleaned and rid of shipworm, planks were recycled in architectural features on site, used as fuel as shown by hearth samples of Cedrus libani, Pinus sp.
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It is claimed that Brunel found the inspiration for his tunnelling shield from the shipworm, Teredo navalis, which has its head protected by a hard shell whilst it bores through ships'timbers.
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- Wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells
- Shipworms are not worms at all, but rather a group of unusual saltwater clams with very small shells, notorious for boring into (and eventually destroying) wooden structures that are immersed in sea water, such as piers, docks and wooden ships. ...
- 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 entering the sea
- Worm-like mollusc measuring about 20 centimetres long that uses its shell to bore into submerged wood to hollow out a burrow and feed itself (hence the name "shipworm"); sailors worried that these borers would damage the hulls of their ships during sea voyages.
