English Explanatory Dictionary

terebra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ovipositor of a female hymenopteran, that pierces.
  2. An Ancient Roman engine for making a breach in a wall.
  3. A type of trepan.

Word forms

terebra terebras terebrae

Etymology

From Latin terebra (“a borer”).

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