tenebrionid

[ tuh-neb-ree-uh-nid ]

noun

1. darkling beetle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tenebrionid¹

1900–05; < New Latin Tenebrionidae family name, equivalent to Tenebrion-, stem of Tenebrio type genus (< Latin tenebriō, stem tenebriōn- one who operates in the dark) + -idae -id ²

Example Sentences

Can he owe his long period of inertia to the fact that he is one of the Tenebrionid�, or Darkling Beetles?

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