teredinid

Questions about teredinid

What does teredinid mean?

teredinid means "wormlike marine bivalve that bores into wooden piers and ships by means of drill-like shells".

How many syllables are in teredinid?

teredinid has 4 syllables and divides as te-re-di-nid under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for teredinid?

Close synonyms include shipworm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is teredinid a common word?

teredinid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.