teredo

== English == === Etymology === From Latin terēdō (“woodworm”), from Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn, “wood-worm”). Compare Ancient Greek: τέρην (térēn, “smooth, gentle”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iːdəʊ === Noun === teredo (plural teredos or teredoes) (zoology) A mollusc of the genus Teredo, especially of species Teredo navalis. ==== Synonyms ==== (mollusc): shipworm, copperworm ==== Translations ==== === References === “teredo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. teredo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Teredo on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Teredo on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn, “woodworm”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛˈreː.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [teˈrɛː.do] === Noun === terēdō f (genitive terēdinis); third declension woodworm, boring-worm, wood-fretter moth ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Translingual: Teredo === References === “teredo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “teredo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "teredo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “teredo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.