Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the coleopterous family Tenebrionidæ.
- Having the characters of or belonging to the family Tenebrionidæ.
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- noun zoology Any member of the
Tenebrionidae .
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- noun sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Tenebriōnidae, family name, from Tenebriō, type genus, from Latin tenebriō, tenebriōn-, one who avoids light, from tenebrae, darkness.]
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Examples
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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 2008
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Trend micro house has its yenta as an decreasing echelon, tenebrionid magniloquently anabiotic dasyatidae in an dishy pharmacologic batrachomyomachia.
Rational Review 2009
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If spiders and snakes send shivers up your spine, seek out the tenebrionid beetle (
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