Definitions for teredos

teredos te·re·do

Spelling: [tuh-ree-doh]
IPA: /təˈri doʊ/

Teredos is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in teredos (deeorst).

Definitions for teredos

noun

  1. a shipworm of the genus Teredo.

Origin of teredos

1350-1400; Middle English Latin terēdō Greek terēdṓn wood-boring worm

Examples for teredos

Hatschek has recently given a detailed description of the development of the supraœsophageal and pedal ganglia of teredo.

A ship returning from the tropics brought with it, it is supposed, some tiny little shell-fish, the teredo navalis.

The latter have remained for years at the bottom of the sea uninjured by teredo, or any destructive crustacea.

The worms infesting the timber of ships are—the teredo, the Lepisma, and the Pholas.

The shell of Xylophaga, 7, is like that of teredo, but the animal has neither pallets nor tube.

A salt-water creature very destructive to shipping and the wharves is the teredo, or ship-worm.

teredo sive exiguus vermiculus, qui subter cutim erodit agitque cuniculos in pruriginosis manibus.

They here remained until the 23rd, endeavouring to repair their vessels, which were fearfully pierced by the teredo.

Its independence of moisture, its exemption from the ravages of the teredo, render it much preferable to timber for marine work.

Greenheart is the wood used for gates exposed to salt water, as it resists the attack of the teredo in temperate climates.

Word Value for teredos
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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