terebrant
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Is terebrant a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (entomology) Of an insect: that bores (“makes holes”); specifically, belonging to the Terebrantia suborder of thrips which bore using their ovipositors.Examples: "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."not-comparable
2. (pathology) Of pain: resembling the sensation of being bored into or pierced.not-comparable
noun (English)
1. (entomology) An insect that bores (“makes holes”); a borer; specifically, one belonging to the Terebrantia suborder of thrips which bore using their ovipositors.
Definition source: Wiktionary