||Ter"e*bra (?), n.; pl. E.
Terebras (#), L. Terebræ (#).
[L., a borer.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of
marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the
Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.
2. (Zoöl.) The boring ovipositor of a
hymenopterous insect.