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

Example Sentences

I must see that Zelie Cadelle and speak to her.”

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Zelie Cadelle must belong, not to be surprised at this frank declaration.

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Zelie Cadelle said nothing about; for she was laughing most heartily, —a frank and sonorous laughter.

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Zelie Cadelle; how he should speak to her, and what cords he might yet cause to vibrate within her. 

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Zelie Cadelle, and servants like those who were now talking within a step of Maxence and Marius de Tregars. 

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