Terebrant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɛɹəbɹənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Terebrant is an adjective meaning (pathology) Of pain: resembling the sensation of being bored into or pierced.
Meaning
(pathology) Of pain: resembling the sensation of being bored into or pierced.
More Meanings
- (entomology) Of an insect: that bores (“makes holes”); specifically, belonging to the Terebrantia suborder of thrips which bore using their ovipositors.
- (entomology) An insect that bores (“makes holes”); a borer; specifically, one belonging to the Terebrantia suborder of thrips which bore using their ovipositors.
Example Sentences
The other terebrant hymenoptera feed in the same state either on larvæ, caterpillars particularly, of which they gnaw the interior, without attacking the essential principle of life at first, or on nymphs or eggs of insects, bodies in which they have been deposited under this last form by the mother.
Word Forms
- terebrants
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include brachelytrous, tingid, cebrionine, scarabaeoid, entomonecrophagous, bipterous.
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