terˈebrant adjective

1. Boring
2. Having a piercing ovipositor

A bore

terˈebrate transitive verb and intransitive verb

To bore

1. Having scattered perforations
2. (eg of insects) having a boring organ, such as a sting

terebrāˈtion noun

terebratˈūla noun (pl terebratˈūlas or terebratˈūlae /-lē/)

A member of Terebratula, the lamp-shell genus of brachiopods, with perforated beak