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What (who) is Teredo - definition
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Teredo (disambiguation)
teredo
n.
Ship-worm.
Teredo
·noun A genus of long, slender, wormlike bivalve mollusks which bore into submerged wood, such as the piles of wharves, bottoms of ships, ·etc.;
- called also shipworm. ·see Shipworm. ·see ·Illust. in App.
teredo
[t?'ri:d??]
¦ noun (plural teredos) Zoology a worm-like marine bivalve mollusc which bores into wood and can damage wooden structures. [Teredo navalis and related species.]
Origin
ME: via L. from Gk teredon; related to teirein 'rub hard, wear away'.
Wikipedia
Teredo
Teredo may refer to:
- Teredo (bivalve), a genus of shipworms that bores holes in the wood of ships
- Teredo wood, a form of fossilized wood showing marks of shipworm damage
- Coleophora teredo, a moth of family Coleophoridae
- Teredo tunneling, a protocol in computer communications for transmission of IPv6 datagrams
- HMS Teredo (P338), a British submarine
Examples of use of Teredo
1. After the war Tait continued to serve in submarines, passing the COs qualifying course in May 1'47 and commanding the submarines Teredo and Solent.
2. A diving robot discovered the body at 03.40 on Thursday morning, and it was lifted from the sea onboard M/S Teredo 40 minutes later.
3. The volunteer Finnish divers were assisted by the diving support vessel M/S Teredo belonging to a Finnish marine archaeological association, which cooperates with the Maritime Museum of Finland.