Associations to the word «Tenebrionid»

Wiktionary

TENEBRIONID, noun. (zoology) Any member of the Tenebrionidae.

Dictionary definition

TENEBRIONID, noun. Sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain.

Wise words

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