01 n. A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.
pl.
Terebras, Terebrae ((#))
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A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.(Zool.) Also: auger shell
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The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.(Zool.)