| darkling beetle n. A beetle of the family Tenebrionidae, having a brown or black body and feeding on decaying vegetation, living plants, or stored grain. It is found in a variety of habitats, including deserts. Also called tenebrionid. |
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| Noun | 1. |  darkling beetle - sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grainweevil - any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles family Tenebrionidae, Tenebrionidae - a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms flour beetle, flour weevil - an insect that infests flour and stored grains |
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