'auger shell' definitions:
Definition of 'auger shell'
- Terebra \Ter"e*bra\, n.; pl. E. Terebras, L. Terebrae. [L.,
a borer.]
- 1. (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods having a long,
tapering spire. They belong to the Toxoglossa. Called also
auger shell.
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- 2. (Zool.) The boring ovipositor of a hymenopterous insect.
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