HyperDic: darkling_beetle

English > 1 sense of the expression darkling beetle:
NOUNanimaldarkling beetle, darkling groung beetle, tenebrionidsluggish / sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial / terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
English > darkling beetle: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsluggish / sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial / terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain.
Synonymsdarkling groung beetle, tenebrionid
Member ofTenebrionidae, family TenebrionidaeA family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms
Narrowerflour beetle, flour weevilAn insect that infests flour and stored grains / grains
BroaderweevilAny of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products

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