English dictionary
gribble
/'gr/I/b/@/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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A small marine isopod crustacean (<i>Limnoria lignorum</i> or <i>L. terebrans</i>), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.
Source: webster1913