Teredo

See also: teredo

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Teredo m

1. 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

• Nototeredo
• Spathoteredo
• Lithoredo
• Nivanteredo
• Neoteredo
• Psiloteredo
• Teredora
• Teredothyra

References

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