cadelle

American  

[kuh-del] / kəˈdɛl /

noun

1. a small, blackish beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus, that feeds, as both larva and adult, on stored grain and on other insects.

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cadelle British  

/ kəˈdɛl /

noun

1. a widely distributed beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus, that feeds on flour, grain, and other stored foods, as well as on other insects: family Trogositidae

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Etymology

Origin of cadelle

1860–65; < French < Provençal cadello < Latin catellus, catella puppy, equivalent to cat ( ulus ) young of an animal + -ellus, -ella diminutive suffix