Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

tenebrionid

American  
[tuh-neb-ree-uh-nid] / təˈnɛb ri ə nɪd /

noun

  1. darkling beetle.

Etymology

Origin of tenebrionid

1900–05; < New Latin Tenebrionidae family name, equivalent to Tenebrion-, stem of Tenebrio type genus (< Latin tenebriō, stem tenebriōn- one who operates in the dark) + -idae -id 2

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Can he owe his long period of inertia to the fact that he is one of the Tenebrionid�, or Darkling Beetles?

From Project Gutenberg

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.