different between whipworm vs shipworm

English

Etymology

whip +? worm

Noun

whipworm (countable and uncountable, plural whipworms)

1. Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
   1. (medicine) Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
2. Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.

Hypernyms

• (Trichuris): roundworm, nematode

Hyponyms

• (Trichuris): canine whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), cat whipworm (Trichuris campanula, Trichuris serrata), dog whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), mouse whipworm (Trichuris muris), pig whipworm (Trichuris suis)

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References

• whipworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trichuris on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trichuris trichiura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Trichuris on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

ship +? worm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???pw??(?)m/

Noun

shipworm (plural shipworms)

1. 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.
   • 1955, Rachel Carson, The Edge of the Sea,

     Old spars and water-soaked timbers cast on the beach are full of the workings of the shipworm—long cylindrical tunnels penetrating all parts of the wood.

   • 2002, Erkki Leppäkoski, Stephan Gollasch, Sergej Olenin, Invasive Aquatic Species of Europe: Distribution, Impacts, and Management,

     Even though mankind has tried to develop counter measures for thousands of years, still there is no easy solution to the shipworm problem in sight.

Hyponyms

• (molluscs in Teredinidae): Kuphus polythalamia (giant tube worm)

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Further reading

• Shipworms on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Teredinidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Teredinidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “shipworm”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.