gribble
noun
grib·ble
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Definition of gribble
: either of two small wood-boring marine isopods (Limnoria lignorum and L. tripunctata)
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So, discovering how gribbles break through lignin would be an important step to figuring out how humans can use it, and scientists from the Universities of York, Portsmouth, Cambridge, and São Paulo figured it out. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "The Gribble Worm Could Hold Secrets for Cheaper Renewable Energy," 5 Dec. 2018 The scientists discovered that gribbles use hemocyanins to attack the strong bonds of lignin. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "The Gribble Worm Could Hold Secrets for Cheaper Renewable Energy," 5 Dec. 2018 Deep-sea wood borers (Xylophaga, a genus of bivalve mollusks) take over where shallow water gribbles and shipworms left off. — Brian Payton, Smithsonian, "How Driftwood Reshapes Ecosystems," 9 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gribble.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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