gribble


grib·ble

G0267900 (grĭb′əl)n. Any of several small wood-boring marine isopod crustaceans of the genus Limnoria, especially L. lignorum, which often damage underwater wooden structures.
[Possibly diminutive of grub.]

gribble

(ˈɡrɪbəl) n (Animals) any small marine isopod crustacean of the genus Limnoria, which bores into and damages wharves and other submerged wooden structures[C19: perhaps related to grub]

grib•ble

(ˈgrɪb əl)

n. any small marine isopod crustacean of the genus Limnoria that destroys submerged timber by boring into it. [1830–40]