teredo

/tuh-ree-doh/US // təˈri doʊ //UK // (tɛˈriːdəʊ) //

特雷多,特里多,特多,燕子

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural te·re·dos, te·re·di·nes [tuh-reed-n-eez]. /təˈrid nˌiz/.
- : a shipworm of the genus Teredo.

Did the deadly teredo bore the ship's timbers full of holes, until she went down with all on board?
A ship returning from the tropics brought with it, it is supposed, some tiny little shell-fish, the Teredo navalis.
A salt-water creature very destructive to shipping and the wharves is the teredo, or ship-worm.
Other ship worms belong to the genus Teredo, and are very similar in general characters.
They here remained until the 23rd, endeavouring to repair their vessels, which were fearfully pierced by the teredo.