Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shipworm

1 sense of shipworm

Sense 1
shipworm, teredinid -- (wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells)
       => clam -- (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)