ボロウチワフナクイムシ

noun

Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)

A specific marine bivalve mollusk that bores into wood. The name is a compound of ぼろ (rag), うちわ (fan), ふなくいむし (shipworm).

• ボロウチワフナクイムシは、海かい中ちゅうの木もく材ざいに穴あなをあける二に枚まい貝がいの一いっ種しゅです。

  The Uperotus clava is a type of bivalve that bores holes into submerged wood.