| NOUN | animal | darkling groung beetle, darkling beetle, tenebrionid | sluggish / sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial / terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain |
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| Meaning | sluggish / sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial / terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain. | |
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| Synonyms | darkling beetle, tenebrionid | |
| Member of | Tenebrionidae, family Tenebrionidae | A family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms |
| Narrower | flour beetle, flour weevil | An insect that infests flour and stored grains / grains |
| Broader | weevil | Any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products |
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