darkling beetle
noun
any brown or black beetle of the family Tenebrionidae, the larvae of which feed on dead or decaying plant material, fungi, stored grain, etc.
Origin of darkling beetle
1First recorded in 1810–20
- Also called tenebrionid.
Words Nearby darkling beetle
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