τερηδών
όνος, ἡ
A.
wood-worm, Ar. Eq. 1308, Thphr. HP 5.4.4, Plb. 6.10.3.
2.
a grub which infests beehives, larva of the wax-moth, Galleria mellonella (cf. πυραύστης), Arist. HA 605b17.
3.
a worm in the bowels, Id. Fr. 241.
II.
caries, in the bones, Hp. Morb. 2.24, al. (Cf. τετραίνω, Skt. tṛṇatti 'bore through', Lith. trandis 'hairworm, moth'.)