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Terebratulae :: Terebratulae (pl. ) of Terebratul.

Terebration :: Terebration (n.) The act of terebrating, or boring..

Gribble :: Gribble (n.) 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..

Terebras :: Terebras (pl. ) of Terebr.

Terebrate :: Terebrate (v. t.) To perforate; to bore; to pierce.

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

Perterebration :: Perterebration (n.) The act of boring through.

Terebratuliform :: Terebratuliform (a.) Having the general form of a terebratula shell.

Terebrant :: Terebrant (a.) Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies..

Terebrating :: Terebrating (a.) Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc..

Terebrating :: Terebrating (a.) Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia..

Toxoglossa :: Toxoglossa (n.pl.) A division of marine gastropod mollusks in which the radula are converted into poison fangs. The cone shells (Conus), Pleurotoma, and Terebra, are examples. See Illust. of Cone, n., 4, Pleurotoma, and Terebra..

Terebratulid :: Terebratulid (n.) Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also adjectively.

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

Terebrantia :: Terebrantia (n. pl.) A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.

Testicardines :: Testicardines (n. pl.) A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples.

Terebratula :: 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..

Terebrae :: Terebrae (pl. ) of Terebr.

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