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Mollusk vs Shipworm - What's the difference?

mollusk | shipworm |

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.

mollusk

English

Noun

(en noun)
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    shipworm

    English

    (wikipedia shipworm) (Teredinidae)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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 ,
  • 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.
  • * 2002 , Erkki Leppäkoski, Stephan Gollasch, Sergej Olenin, Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe: Distribution, Impacts, and Management ,
  • 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.
  • * 2004 , Donald Launer, A Cruising Guide to New Jersey Waters ,
  • In our waters, however, the shipworm seldom attains a length of over a foot-and-a-half long.