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terebra |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Terebra \Ter"e*bra\, n.; pl E. {Terebras}, L. {Terebr[ae]}. [L., a borer.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also {auger shell}. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
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