teredinid

English Thesaurus

1. wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	clam,
definition	:	burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	teredo,
definition	:	typical shipworm (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	bankia setaceae, giant northwest shipworm,
definition	:	giant shipworm of the Pacific coast of North America (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family teredinidae, teredinidae,
definition	:	shipworms (noun.animal)