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Definition of Tenebrionid
1. Noun. Sluggish hard-bodied black terrestrial weevil whose larvae feed on e.g. decaying plant material or grain.
Generic synonyms: Weevil
Group relationships: Family Tenebrionidae, Tenebrionidae
Specialized synonyms: Flour Beetle, Flour Weevil
Definition of Tenebrionid
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tenebrionid
Literary usage of Tenebrionid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1908)
"A REVISION OP THE tenebrionid SUBFAMILY ... Proceeedings of the Washington Academy
of Sciences; Vol. x, pp. 51-166. The tenebrionid genera ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1863-1871), Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"... Lee., has always been a rare tenebrionid, but will not be so in the future.
It was the most numerous tenebrionid of the season. ..."
3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1901)
"... has always been a rare tenebrionid, but will not be so in the future. It was
the most numerous tenebrionid of the season. It occurs on the bare sand, ..."
4. Entomology, with Special Reference to Its Ecological Aspects by Justus Watson Folsom (1922)
"Several species of the tenebrionid subfamily ... can squirt an ill-smelling fluid
to a distance'of eight inches. The large black tenebrionid beetles, ..."
5. Report by Hawaii Minister of the Interior (1898)
"A similar tenebrionid larva was found in Morelos in the act of feeding upon a
... Some of the tenebrionid beetles may be of valuable service in feeding upon ..."
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