Teredo

See also: teredo

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin terēdō (“woodworm”), from Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn, “woodworm”).

Proper noun

Teredo m

A taxonomic genus within the family Teredinidae – shipworms.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia - class; Heterodonta - subclass; Myida - order; Teredinidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Teredo navalis - type species; for other species see Toredo (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

References

Teredo (bivalve) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Teredo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Teredo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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