For example, bacteria living in the intestinal glands of a wood-boring mollusk known as the shipworm provide the animal with as much as one-third of its nitrogen.
They report on concretions from the Palaeogene London Clay of southern England that contain marine driftwood that had been extensively bored by shipworms.
His vessels, rotted by shipworm, were abandoned in Jamaica, where Columbus was marooned for a year.
Although shipworms look like worms, they, like any good clam, have shells.
The biggest threat is an attack by shipworms - they can eat the whole thing.
Definition of shipworm in US English:
shipworm
nounˈʃɪpˌwərmˈSHipˌwərm
another term for teredo
Example sentencesExamples
For example, bacteria living in the intestinal glands of a wood-boring mollusk known as the shipworm provide the animal with as much as one-third of its nitrogen.
The biggest threat is an attack by shipworms - they can eat the whole thing.
Although shipworms look like worms, they, like any good clam, have shells.
They report on concretions from the Palaeogene London Clay of southern England that contain marine driftwood that had been extensively bored by shipworms.
His vessels, rotted by shipworm, were abandoned in Jamaica, where Columbus was marooned for a year.