tenebrionid

[ tuh-neb-ree-uh-nid ]
/ təˈnɛb ri ə nɪd /

noun

darkling beetle.

Origin of tenebrionid

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 -id2

Words nearby tenebrionid

tendril, tendu, tendulkar, tenebrae, tenebrific, tenebrionid, tenebrism, tenebrous, tenectomy, tenedos, tenement

Example sentences from the Web for tenebrionid

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

    The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles |Jean Henri Fabre

  • Most of the other cases on record relate to the larv of Dermestid (larder beetles et al.) or Tenebrionid (meal infesting species).

    Handbook of Medical Entomology |William Albert Riley