Terebra

[terәbrә]

Definition

(n.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.

(n.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.

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Definition

n. a Roman engine for making a breach in a wall: the borer or ovipositor of various insects.—adj. Ter′ebrant.—n. a borer a bore.—v.t. Ter′ebrāte to bore.—adj. provided with a borer.—n. Terebrā′tion.

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