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Definition of Teredo navalis

Teredo navalis
Inclusa In*clu"sa, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. inclusus, p. p. of includere to shut in.] (Zo["o]l.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example.

Meaning of Teredo navalis from wikipedia

- Teredo navalis, commonly called the naval shipworm or turu, is a species of sal****er clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae. This species...
- is lost because the animal spends all its life surrounded by wood. Teredo navalis develops from eggs to metamorphosing larvae in about five w****s. They...
- is Teredo navalis. The tunneling habit of species in the genus inspired the name of the Teredo network tunneling protocol. The submarine HMS Teredo may...
- name from Shipworm to Teredo, after the genus name of the shipworm Teredo navalis. Sharma, Vishal; Kumar, Rajesh (2017). "Teredo tunneling-based secure...
- found the inspiration for his tunnelling shield from the shipworm, Teredo navalis, which has its head protected by a hard s**** whilst it bores through...
- of the Baltic because, he reasoned, they were free from the shipworm Teredo navalis, which usually destroys submerged wood rapidly in warmer, saltier seas...
- Teredo navalis is a mollusc that eats the wood of ships' hulls....
- –1767) was a German academic and translator. He is known for his work on Teredo navalis. and to be one of the three original initiators of an encyclopedia project...
- timber/lumber: Woodboring beetles Marine borers (Barnea similis) Teredos (Teredo navalis) Termites Carpenter ants Carpenter bees There are two main natural...
- of the Kerch Strait. Several Sea of Azov mollusks, such as shipworm (Teredo navalis), soft-s**** clam (Mya arernaria), Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)...