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woodworm

noun

Etymology

From wood + worm.

  1. inherited from *wr̥mis✻
  2. inherited from *wurmiz✻
  3. inherited from wyrm — “worm, snake”
  4. inherited from worm
  5. compounded as woodworm — “wood + worm”

Definitions

  1. Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood.

  2. A shipworm, a worm-like mollusk in the family Teredinidae that feeds on wood underwater…

    A shipworm, a worm-like mollusk in the family Teredinidae that feeds on wood underwater in saltwater.

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