noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any member of family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.
2. 2
   sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

darkling beetledarkling beetledarkling ground beetle

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Tenebrionidae.

Related phrases

darkling beetle

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