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gribble
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gribble, n. [Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.].
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]
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