Shipworm vs Coppered - What's the difference?
shipworm | coppered |
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 ,
(copper)
(nautical) (of the hull of a wooden ship ) sheathed below the waterline with thin sheets of copper to prevent the attack of teredo shipworms and limit the buildup of weed
As a noun 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.As a verb coppered is
(copper).As an adjective coppered is
(nautical) (of the hull of a wooden ship ) sheathed below the waterline with thin sheets of copper to prevent the attack of teredo shipworms and limit the buildup of weed.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.
