terebra
noun
tere·bra
təˈrēbrə,
ˈterəb-
1
plural terebras
-brəz
or terebrae -ē(ˌ)brē;
-ə(ˌ)brē,
-əˌbrī
: a device used by the ancient Romans for starting a breach in a fortified wall 2
[New Latin, from Latin, borer]
a
plural -s : the boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect
b
capitalized : a genus of marine gastropods (suborder Stenoglossa) having a long tapering spire and being the type of a family Terebridae comprising the auger shells
c
-s : auger shell
terebral adjective
təˈrēbrəl
ˈterəb-
Word History
Etymology
Latin, borer, gimlet, from terere to rub, grind + -bra, suffix denoting an instrument
- homologous
- homologous graft
- homologous stimulus
- homologous theory
- homologous twin
- homolographic
- homolographic projection
- homologs
- homologue
- homologues
- homologumena
- homology
- homolosine projection
- homolyses
- homolysis
- homolytic
- homomallous
- homometrical
- homometrically
- homomorphic
- homomorphies
- homomorphism
- homomorphisms
- homomorphosis
- homomorphs