Tenebrionidae

plural noun

Te·​neb·​ri·​on·​i·​dae

: a large family of heteromerous firm-bodied mostly dark-colored vegetable-feeding beetles especially characteristic of arid regions and often with the hind wings vestigial and functionless and with larvae that are usually hard cylindrical worms see darkling beetle, mealworm

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Tenebrion-, Tenebrio, type genus (from Latin, one who shuns light, from tenebrae darkness) + -idae

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