Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEREBRATE

v.t.[L. terebro, tero. ] To bore; to perforate with a gimlet. [Little used. ]

 

TEREBRATION

n.The act of boring. [Little used. ]

 

TEREBRATULITE

n.Fossil terebratula, a kind of shell.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TEREBRA

Ter "e *bra, n.; pl. E. Terebras, L. Terebræ. Etym: [L., a borer. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.

 

TEREBRANT

Ter "e *brant, a. Etym: [L. terebrans, -antis, p.pr. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Boring, or adapted for boring; -- said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.

 

TEREBRANTIA

Ter `e *bran "ti *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A division of Hymenoptera including those which have an ovipositor adapted for perforating plants. It includes the sawflies.

 

TEREBRATE

Ter "e *brate, v. t. Etym: [L. terebratus, p.p. of terebrare, from terebra a borer, terere to rub. ]

 

Defn: To perforate; to bore; to pierce. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

 

TEREBRATING

TEREBRATING Ter "e *bra `ting, a.

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc.

 

2. (Med. )

 

Defn: Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia.

 

TEREBRATION

Ter `e *bra "tion, n. Etym: [L. terebratio.]

 

Defn: The act of terebrating, or boring. [R.] Bacon.

 

TEREBRATULA

Ter `e *brat "u *la, n.; pl. Terebratulæ. Etym: [Nl. , dim. fr. terebratus, p.p., perforated. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also lamp shell.

 

TEREBRATULID

TEREBRATULID Ter `e *brat "u *lid, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Any species of Terebratula or allied genera. Used also adjectively.

 

TEREBRATULIFORM

TEREBRATULIFORM Ter `e *bra *tu "li *form, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Having the general form of a terebratula shell.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

terebratulid

terebratulid |ˌtɛrɪˈbratjʊlɪd | ▶noun Zoology a brachiopod of a mainly fossil order that originated in the Devonian, having a short pedicle and a calcareous loop supporting the tentacles. ●Order Terebratulida, class Articulata: many families. ORIGIN 1970s: from modern Latin Terebratulida, based on Latin terebrare ‘to bore ’.

 

Oxford Dictionary

terebratulid

terebratulid |ˌtɛrɪˈbratjʊlɪd | ▶noun Zoology a brachiopod of a mainly fossil order that originated in the Devonian, having a short pedicle and a calcareous loop supporting the tentacles. ●Order Terebratulida, class Articulata: many families. ORIGIN 1970s: from modern Latin Terebratulida, based on Latin terebrare ‘to bore ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Terebratel

Te re b ra tel , Te re bra tel Substantiv, feminin , die |Terebr a tel |die Terebratel; Genitiv: der Terebratel, Plural: die Terebrateln lateinisch-neulateinisch fossiler Armfüßer

 

Spanish Dictionary

terebrante

terebrante adjetivo [dolor ] Que produce una sensación semejante a la de un taladro perforando la parte dolorida o enferma .