tenebrionid

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noun

Any member of family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.

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darkling beetledarkling ground beetle
Origintranslingual Tenebrionidae →
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Meanings

nountenebrionid (plural tenebrionids)

plural tenebrionids

  1. biologyAny member of family Tenebrionidae of darkling beetles.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain

Similar
darkling beetledarkling ground beetle
Broader
weevil
Also see
darkling beetle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. translingualTenebrionidae
  2. Englishtenebrionid

Borrowed from translingual Tenebrionidae.

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APA

tenebrionid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tenebrionid

MLA

“tenebrionid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tenebrionid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tenebrionid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tenebrionid.

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