English Explanatory Dictionary

terebratula

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Terebratula of brachiopods.

Word forms

terebratula terebratulas terebratulae

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Terebratula. Further from Latin terebrātus (“boring, drilling”) + Latin -ula (diminutive suffix), from terebrō (“to bore, to drill”), terebra (“borer, drill, gimlet”), and terō (“to rub, to wear upon”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, to turn, to pierce, to drill”).

Related words

terebratular terebratulid terebratuloid
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