Crossword-Solution: TEREDOS
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Teredos | pl. | of Teredo |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TEREDOS | anagram | OERSTED |
We have 3 clues for the answer “TEREDOS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Marine worms. | 1 answer |
| Ship borers | 1 answer |
| Shipworms. | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with TEREDOS (5)
Now that it was out in the open, it could be seen that teredos--shipworms--had feasted on it and burrowed into it until it was nothing but a chair-shaped shell.
The Gudgeon is the fish That goes to all the shows, He swims up to the Teredos And tweaks him by the nose." "That Gudgeon must have been a sort of Van Amberg," thought Jimmieboy.
The Cockles, Oysters, Clams, Piddocks, Teredos, Scallops, and Ark-Shells represent some of the principal types of Bivalves, so called on account of their shells being formed of two pieces or valves.
The great shield, constructed by the Democratic Convention to hang in front of the venerable President, and to prevent agitation, was found, in spite of its solid-looking face, to be pierced on the inside by impertinent little teredos, whose ceaseless boring had already begun to weaken its resisting power.
With Christian fortitude he said: “Well, the will of God be done; but look you sharply to the other ships.” Barnacles were then freely discussed, and teredos.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1951–1974).