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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..

Terebrae :: Terebrae (pl. ) of Terebr.

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

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

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.

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..

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

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

Terebras :: Terebras (pl. ) of Terebr.

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Terebratulae :: Terebratulae (pl. ) of Terebratul.

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