teredo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

tĕrēdo, ĭnis, f., = τερηδών,

a worm that gnaws wood, clothing, etc., a wood fretter , moth , Plin. 16, 41, 80, § 220; Col. 4, 24, 6, Vitr. 5, 12; Ov. P. 1, 1, 69; Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 197, 23, 7, 70, § 135; 28, 20, 81, § 264.

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