cadelle

[ kuh-del ]

/ kəˈdɛl /

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noun

a small, blackish beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus, that feeds, as both larva and adult, on stored grain and on other insects.

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Origin of cadelle

1860–65; <French <Provençal cadello<Latin catellus,catella puppy, equivalent to cat(ulus) young of an animal + -ellus, -ella diminutive suffix

Words nearby cadelle

Caddo, Caddoan, caddy, caddy spoon, cade, cadelle, cadence, cadenced, cadency, cadent, cadent house

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How to use cadelle in a sentence

Mme. Zelie Cadelle was certainly not particularly virtuous; but she was far from being the woman he expected to meet.
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Eleven o'clock struck as Zelie Cadelle rushed like a whirlwind into her friend's room.
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Mme. Cadelle's face had become somewhat anxious, and for over a minute she seemed to hesitate.
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We hear that other women lived in that house before Mme. Zelie Cadelle.
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And now,” he added, “go and announce me to Mme. Zelie Cadelle.
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British Dictionary definitions for cadelle

cadelle

/ (kəˈdɛl) /

noun

a widely distributed beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus, that feeds on flour, grain, and other stored foods, as well as on other insects: family Trogositidae

Word Origin for cadelle

French, from Provençal cadello, from Latin catellus a little dog

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