terebratula

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from translingual Terebratula. Further from Latin terebrātus (“boring, drilling”) +‎ Latin -ula (diminutive suffix), from terebrō (“to bore, to drill”), terebra (“borer, drill, gimlet”), and terō (“to rub, to wear upon”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, to turn, to pierce, to drill”). === Noun === terebratula (plural terebratulas or terebratulae) (zoology) Any of the genus Terebratula of brachiopods. ==== Related terms ==== terebratular terebratulid terebratuloid ==== Translations ====