terebratula
noun
ter·e·brat·u·la
ˌterəˈbrachələ
1
capitalized : a genus of articulate brachiopods with arms borne by a calcareous loop and a short peduncle projecting through the shell that is type of a family Terebratulidae
2
plural terebratulas
-ləz
or terebratulae -ˌlē
: a brachiopod of the genus Terebratula : lamp shell terebratular adjective
¦⸗⸗¦⸗⸗lə(r)
terebratuline adjective
-ˌlīn
-lə̇n
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin terebratus + -ula