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Ribble

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A small marine isopod crustacean (Limnoria lignorum or L. terebrans), which burrows into and rapidly destroys submerged timber, such as the piles of wharves, both in Europe and America.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ribble'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/ribble.html. 1828.