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Terebrant

Ter′e-brant

,
Adj.
[L.
terebrans
,
-antis
, p. pr.]
(Zool.)
Boring, or adapted for boring; – said of certain Hymenoptera, as the sawflies.

Definition 2024


terebrant

terebrant

See also: térébrant

English

Adjective

terebrant (not comparable)

  1. (zoology, of an insect) That bores.

Translations

Noun

terebrant (plural terebrants)

  1. (zoology) Any insect that bores.

Latin

Verb

terebrant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of terebrō