an insect larva or other invertebrate, as the ship-worm (see Teredo, n.), which bores in wood (also figurative).
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > [noun] > invertebrate > which bores into wood (8) wood-worm1540 an insect larva or other invertebrate, as the ship-worm (see Teredo, n.), which bores in wood (also figurative). wood-fretter1611 (cf. wood-borer n.). art-worm1620 A ship-worm (see ship, n.1 compounds 3c). Cf. arter, n. arter1622 A ship-worm (see ship, n.1 compounds 3c). Cf. art-worm, n. moch1637 A moth; esp. a clothes moth. Also: a woodworm. Also in extended use. woodlouse1666 Locally or occasionally applied to various other small invertebrates found in woodwork or in woods, or resembling the crustacean described in sense… pileworm1733 a marine invertebrate which bores into submerged wooden piles, etc.; esp. the shipworm, Teredo navalis. wood-borer1850 something that bores wood; esp. any one of certain insects and other invertebrates which make perforations in wood. |
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