Meanings
nounred flour beetle (plural red flour beetles)
plural red flour beetles
- A species of darkling beetle, Tribolium castaneum.
The red flour beetle used in the experiments is a tropical species that thrives at 35C.
2018 November 13, Damian Carrington, The Guardian
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