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grib·ble

(grĭb′əl)

Any of several small wood-boring marine isopod crustaceans of the genus Limnoria, especially L. lignorum, which often damage underwater wooden structures.

[Possibly diminutive of grub.]

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gribble

(ˈɡrɪbəl)

(Animals) any small marine isopod crustacean of the genus Limnoria, which bores into and damages wharves and other submerged wooden structures

[C19: perhaps related to grub]

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grib•ble

(ˈgrɪb əl)

n.

any small marine isopod crustacean of the genus Limnoria that destroys submerged timber by boring into it.

[1830–40]

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