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termite of the sea

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
ter-mite of the sea
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of shipworm.

Etymology

From being a marine creature that eats wood. From the wood eating, which is similar to land-based termite, that eats wood.

Inflected Forms

termites of the sea (plural) termites of the seas (plural) termite of the seas (alternative)

Synonyms

shipworm

Questions

What does termite of the sea mean?
Synonym of shipworm.
Where does termite of the sea come from?
From being a marine creature that eats wood. From the wood eating, which is similar to land-based termite, that eats wood.

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