Definition of "terebrant"

terebrant

/ˈtɛɹəbɹənt/

adjective
not comparable
1. (entomology) Of an insect: that bores (“makes holes”); specifically, belonging to the Terebrantia suborder of thrips which bore using their ovipositors.
  Quotations
  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.
  1832, Edward Griffith, Edward Pidgeon, “Supplement on the Hymenoptera”, in Baron Cuvier [i.e., Georges Cuvier], translated by [Edward Griffith], The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization […], volume 15 (The Class Insecta, volume 2), London: […] [Gilbert & Rivington] for Whittaker, Treacher, and Co. […], page 395
2. (pathology) Of pain: resembling the sensation of being bored into or pierced.
noun
plural terebrants
1. (entomology) An insect that bores (“makes holes”); a borer; specifically, one belonging to the Terebrantia suborder of thrips which bore using their ovipositors.