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Webster 1913 Edition
Terebratula
‖
Terˊe-brat′u-la
,Noun.
pl.
Terebratulae
(#)
. [Nl., dim. fr.
terebratus
, p. p., perforated.] (Zool.)
A genus of brachiopods which includes many living and some fossil species. The larger valve has a perforated beak, through which projects a short peduncle for attachment. Called also
lamp shell
.