Japanese Meaning of shipworm

船喰い虫

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Definitions and Meaning of shipworm in English

Wordnet

shipworm (n)

wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells

Webster

shipworm (n.)

Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo.

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船喰い虫

wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shellsAny long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied

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shipway => 造船所, ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system => 船舶曳航式の長距離音響検知システム, shipside => 船側, shipshape => 船形, ship's papers => 船舶書類,