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- Terebra - n. - A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.
- Terebra - n. - The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
- Terebrae - pl. - of Terebra
- Terebrant - a. - Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.
- Terebrantia - n. pl. - A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.
- Terebras - pl. - of Terebra
- Terebrate - v. t. - To perforate; to bore; to pierce.
- Terebrating - a. - Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.
- Terebrating - a. - Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia.
- Terebration - n. - The act of terebrating, or boring.
- Terebratula - n. - A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell.
- Terebratulae - pl. - of Terebratula
- Terebratulid - n. - Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also adjectively.
- Terebratuliform - a. - Having the general form of a terebratula shell.