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Cebuano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamiluk (teredo, sea worm that attacks wood). Compare Tausug tambiluk, Malay tembelok and Iban tebelok.
Pronunciation
Noun
tamilok
- a shipworm; any of several wormlike marine mollusks (not true worms) of the family Teredinidae, that bore through the wooden hulls of ships and other woody material immersed in salt water
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