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Gribble | n. [ Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite. ] (Zool.) A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or Limnoria terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America. [ 1913 Webster ] |
木食い虫;木食虫;木蠧虫 | [きくいむし;キクイムシ, kikuimushi ; kikuimushi] (n) (1) (uk) bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); (2) gribble (Limnoria lignorum) [Add to Longdo] |