English Explanatory Dictionary

woodworm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood.
  2. Anobium punctatum (common furniture beetle).
  3. A shipworm, a worm-like mollusk in the family Teredinidae that feeds on wood underwater in saltwater.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-woodworm.wav

Word forms

woodworm woodworms

Etymology

From wood + worm.

Synonyms

furniture beetle

Translations

Asturian: poliya Asturian: coroyu Bulgarian: дървояд Chinese Mandarin: 蛀蟲 /蛀虫 Chinese Mandarin: 木蛀蟲 /木蛀虫 Cornish: pryv prenn Czech: červotoč Old Czech: dřěvotoč Old Czech: črvotoč Dutch: houtworm Finnish: jumi Galician: couza Galician: broca Galician: trilla Galician: rela Galician: traza Galician: caruncho Galician: corta German: Holzwurm Ancient Greek: θρῑ́ψ Ancient Greek: ἴ̄ψ Hungarian: szú Italian: tarlo Latin: tarmes Latin: terēdō Northern Mansi: сӯр Classical Nahuatl: cuauhocuilin Polish: kornik Russian: точи́льщик Sicilian: càmula Sicilian: cagnolu Spanish: carcoma Spanish: polilla Spanish: quera Turkish: ağaç kurdu Ottoman Turkish: آغاج قوردی Welsh: pryf pren Yakut: мас үөнэ
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