Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The ship-worm, Teredo navalis. “A moth that fretteth garments.”
- noun “A worm breeding in one's hand.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper.
- noun The ringworm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
teredo . - noun The
ringworm .
Etymologies
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copper + worm: the teredo used to damage the bottoms of vessels if they were not protected by copper.
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