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• Borer — Bor er, n. 1. One that bores; an instrument for boring. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus {Teredo} and allies, which burrows in wood. See {Teredo}. (b) Any bivalve mollusk ({Saxicava}, {Lithodomus}, etc.)… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• borer — Hag Hag (h[a^]g), n. [OE. hagge, hegge, witch, hag, AS. h[ae]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. h[ a]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Stone borer — Stone Stone, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a pebble. [root]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Snail borer — Snail Snail (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air breathing gastropods belonging to the genus… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rock borer — noun : any of several marine bivalve mollusks (as various members of the genera Petricola, Pholas, and Lithophaga) that bore holes in rock * * * rock borer noun Any mollusc or other animal that bores into rocks • • • Main Entry: ↑rock …   Useful english dictionary

• wood-borer — /ˈwʊd bɔrə/ (say wood bawruh) noun any animal that bores wood, as some marine molluscs, some crustaceans, and certain insect larvae …  

• Gribble — Taxobox name = Gribble image width = 250px image caption = Limnoria with eggs regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Crustacea classis = Malacostraca ordo = Isopoda familia = Limnoriidae familia authority = White, 1850 subdivision… …   Wikipedia

• Harbour Defence Motor Launch — The Harbour Defence Motor Launch (HDML) was a British small motor vessel of the Second World War.The HDML was designed by W J Holt at the Admiralty in early 1939. During World War II 486 HDMLs were built, mainly by yacht builders, in the United… …   Wikipedia

• Limnoriidae — ? Limnoriidae Limnoria Научная классификация Царство …   Википедия

• tunneling shield — ▪ engineering  machine for driving tunnels in soft ground, especially under rivers or in water bearing strata. The problem of tunneling under a river had defied the engineering imagination for centuries because of the difficulty of preventing mud …   Universalium

• bivalve — bivalvular /buy val vyeuh leuhr/, adj. /buy valv /, n. 1. Also called lamellibranch. Zool. any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills. adj. 2.… …   Universalium