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auger shell

Terebra \Ter"e*bra\, n.; pl. E. Terebras, L. Terebr[ae].

  1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.

  2. (Zo["o]l.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.