flour beetle
noun
any of several brown darkling beetles, especially of the genus Tribolium, that infest, breed in, feed on, and often pollute flour, stored grain, and other stored produce.
Nearby words
flounce, flouncing, flouncy, flounder, flour, flour beetle, flour mill, flour mite, flour moth, flourish, flourishing
Origin of flour beetle
First recorded in 1885–90
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