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tenebrionid

/tuh-neb-ree-uh-nid/US // təˈnɛb ri ə nɪd //

十字架,十字架子,十字花科,十字花科动物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : darkling beetle.

Examples

  • The tribe of Tenebrionid, called formerly Melasomas, because they are nearly all black, resembles in some points the Carabici.

  • Most of the other cases on record relate to the larv of Dermestid (larder beetles et al.) or Tenebrionid (meal infesting species).

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

  • The closely allied Tenebrionid and other coleopterous families also supply various maggots possessed of parasitic habits.