Word.ws English Dictionary

terebra

terebra noun: the ovipositor of a female hymenopteran, that pierces.

Noun

terebra (plural terebras or terebrae)

  1. The ovipositor of a female hymenopteran, that pierces.
  2. (historical) An Ancient Roman engine for making a breach in a wall.
  3. (historical) A type of trepan.

terebra meaning in Tamil

terebra in Tamil

பூச்சி வகையின் முட்டையிடும் உறுப்பு, துளை படை, துறப்பணம், துளைக்குங்கருவி

Forms of terebra

pluralterebras
pluralterebrae

Origin of terebra

From Latin terebra (“a borer”).

Questions about terebra

What does terebra mean?
Terebra means the ovipositor of a female hymenopteran, that pierces.
What is terebra in Tamil?
Terebra in Tamil is பூச்சி வகையின் முட்டையிடும் உறுப்பு, துளை படை, துறப்பணம். See Terebra meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is terebra?
Terebra is a noun.
What is the plural of terebra?
The plural of terebra is terebras.

Words near terebra in the dictionary

  1. terebinthinate
  2. terebinthine
  3. terebinthinous
  4. terebinths
  5. Terebovlia
  6. terebra
  7. terebrae
  8. terebrant
  9. terebrantian
  10. terebrantians
  11. terebrants

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: terebra (page history and authors); terebra (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “terebra.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/terebra. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.