Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See darkling beetle.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of the coleopterous family Tenebrionidæ.
- Having the characters of or belonging to the family Tenebrionidæ.
Wiktionary
- n. zoology Any member of the Tenebrionidae.
WordNet 3.0
- n. sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
Etymologies
- From New Latin Tenebriōnidae, family name, from Tenebriō, type genus, from Latin tenebriō, tenebriōn-, one who avoids light, from tenebrae, darkness. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“One truly unique and amazing invertebrate flagship species is the endemic giant tenebrionid beetle (Polposipus herculeanus, CR), restricted to one small island in the Seychelles, and one of the largest terrestrial invertebrates in the world.”
Biological diversity in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands
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