Mollusk vs Shipworm - What's the difference?
mollusk | shipworm |
Any of several wormlike marine mollusks (not true worms) of the family , that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water.
* 1955 , , The Edge of the Sea ,
* 2002 , Erkki Leppäkoski, Stephan Gollasch, Sergej Olenin, Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe: Distribution, Impacts, and Management ,
* 2004 , Donald Launer, A Cruising Guide to New Jersey Waters ,
As nouns the difference between mollusk and shipworm
is that mollusk is (us) while shipworm is any of several wormlike marine mollusks (not true worms) of the family , that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water.shipworm
English
(wikipedia shipworm) (Teredinidae)Noun
(en noun)- Old spars and water-soaked timbers cast on the beach are full of the workings of the shipworm —long cylindrical tunnels penetrating all parts of the wood.
- Even though mankind has tried to develop counter measures for thousands of years, still there is no easy solution to the shipworm problem in sight.
- In our waters, however, the shipworm seldom attains a length of over a foot-and-a-half long.