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grib·ble (grib′əl)

noun

a small marine isopod (Limnoria lignorum) that bores into wooden objects under water and destroys them

Etymology: prob. dim. < base of grub

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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