copperworm

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English

Etymology

From copper +‎ worm: the teredo used to damage the bottoms of vessels if they were not protected by copper.

Noun

copperworm (plural copperworms)

  1. The teredo.
  2. The ringworm.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for copperworm”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)