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Terebra   Listen
noun
Terebra  n.  (pl. E. terebras, L. terebrae)  
1.
(Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long, tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also auger shell.
2.
(Zool.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.





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... species in the northern hemisphere. A large Voluta is abundant in southern Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. At Bahia Blanca, in lat. 39 degs. S., the most abundant shells were three species of Oliva (one of large size), one or two Volutas, and a Terebra. Now, these are amongst the best characterized tropical forms. It is doubtful whether even one small species of Oliva exists on the southern shores of Europe, and there are no species of the two other genera. ...
— The Voyage of the Beagle • Charles Darwin


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