Zoology. A genus of lamellibranch boring molluscs; esp. the ship-worm, T. navalis, well known for its destruction of submerged timbers in ships…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Siphonida > sinu-pallialia > family Pholadidae > member of (16) Teredo1398 Zoology. A genus of lamellibranch boring molluscs; esp. the ship-worm, T. navalis, well known for its destruction of submerged timbers in ships… tree-worm1398 The teredo or ship-worm. broma1555 A ship-worm; ? the teredo. worm1621 A name for various long slender crustaceans and molluscs (e.g. Teredo navalis, the ship-worm) which destroy timber by boring. Also collective the worm… pholas1661 A piddock. Later: a burrowing bivalve mollusc of the genus Pholas, esp. the common piddock, P. dactylus; (in form Pholas), the genus itself. pirot1686 A piddock. piddock1696 Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the genus Pholas or the family Pholadidae containing it, which burrow in soft rock, wood, etc., and have… file1705 = file-shell n. at compounds 2. Obsolete. rare. pholad1708 A burrowing bivalve mollusc of the genus Pholas or family Pholadidae. pileworm1733 a marine invertebrate which bores into submerged wooden piles, etc.; esp. the shipworm, Teredo navalis. file-shell1752 a species of Pholas, so called from the roughness of its shell. file-fish1774 = file-shell n. at file, n.1 compounds 2. Obsolete. ship-worm1778 any of the worm-shaped mollusks of the genus Teredo and allied genera, esp. T. navalis. rock-piercer1783 (a) a tube-worm of the family Terebellidae; (b) = pholas, n. (cf. rock borer n., stone-piercer n. at stone, n. compounds 2b). borer1789 A name given to the Myxine or Hag-fish; also to the Teredo or shipworm; and to various insects which bore through wood, etc. pholadean1842 = pholadid, n. |
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