Medical Definition of Tenebrio
1. A genus of beetles which infests grain products. Its larva is called mealworm. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenebrio
Literary usage of Tenebrio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London by Royal Entomological Society of London (1812)
"JL HE following history of the tenebrio Mauritanicus of Linnaeus, Marsham, Sec.
was transmitted to the Vice-President, along with the Insect, ..."
2. Insect Transformations.. by James Rennie (1830)
"Another beetle grub, popularly called the meal worm', the larva of tenebrio molitor,
... tenebrio ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine, Taylor and Francis (1870)
"MacLeay, Annul. Javan. 47 (1825). 70. Tribolium ferrugineum* . tenebrio ...
The common tenebrio obscurus has become naturalized in the houses and granaries ..."
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