Category:Terebra

Ter"e*bra, n.; pl. E. Terebras, l. Terebræ. Etym: [l., a borer.]

1. (zoöl.)

Defn: a genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: the boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.