tamilok
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ta‧mi‧lok
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamiluk (teredo, sea worm that attacks wood). Compare Tausug tambiluk, Malay tembelok and Iban tebelok.
Noun edit
tamilok
- a shipworm; 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