The seagrass gribble burrows through blades of seagrasses, eating their soft internal tissues. |
On the one hand, she paints a convincing portrait of Gribble as a deeply disturbed and increasingly deranged individual. |
The gribble, a small marine creature resembling a woodlouse, is prized by scientists for its ability to break down wood cellulose into alcohol which it then uses for energy. |
Jeffrie and gribble were the mine engineers that put her up. |
Gribble was a famous detective novelist of the era, but he is clearly in awe of the 1939 Gunners team – which he repeatedly, and shamelessly, namechecks. |
Marine borers, of which the gribble is one type, are gobbling away at the wooden hulk and hastening its deterioration. |