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ˈgrɪb əlgrib·ble
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gribblenoun
Any of various wood-boring marine crustaceans of the genus Limnoria, especially Limnoria lignorum, which cause damage to underwater wooden structures
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Gribble
A gribble /ˈgɹɪbəl/ (or gribble worm) is any of about 56 species of marine isopod from the family Limnoriidae. They are mostly pale white and small (1–4 millimetres or 0.04–0.16 inches long) crustaceans, although Limnoria stephenseni from subantarctic waters can reach 10 mm (0.4 in).
Webster Dictionary
Gribblenoun
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
Etymology: [Cf. Prov. E. grib to bite.]
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Gribble
A gribble is any of about 56 species of marine isopod from the family Limnoriidae. They are mostly pale white and small crustaceans, although Limnoria stephenseni from subantarctic waters can reach 10 mm.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
gribble
Random binary data rendered as unreadable text. Noise characters in a data stream are displayed as gribble. Dumping a binary file to the screen is an excellent source of gribble, and (if the bell/speaker is active) headaches.
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GRIBBLE
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gribble is ranked #8611 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Gribble surname appeared 3,819 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Gribble.
93.4% or 3,569 total occurrences were White.
2.6% or 100 total occurrences were Black.
1.7% or 65 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.2% or 49 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.7% or 30 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.1% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of gribble in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of gribble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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