tenebrionid

te·neb·ri·o·nid  (t-nbr--nd, tn-br-)

n.

See darkling beetle.

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[From New Latin Tenebrinidae, family name, from Tenebri, type genus, from Latin tenebri, tenebrin-, one who avoids light, from tenebrae, darkness.]

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te·nebri·o·nid adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tenebrionid - sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain darkling beetle, darkling groung beetle weevil - 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