"mealworm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmiːlˌwɜː(ɹ)m/ Forms: mealworms [plural]
Etymology: meal + worm Etymology templates: {{com|en|meal|worm}} meal + worm Head templates: {{en-noun}} mealworm (plural mealworms)
  1. The larval stage of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle. Wikipedia link: mealworm Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Tenebrionoid beetles Translations (larva of the Tenebrio molitor): брашнян червей (brašnjan červej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cuc de la farina [masculine] (Catalan), 黃粉蟲 (Chinese Mandarin), 黄粉虫 (huángfěnchóng) (Chinese Mandarin), jauhomato (Finnish), ver de farine [masculine] (French), mącznik [masculine] (Polish), larva-da-farinha [feminine] (Portuguese), tenébrio [masculine] (Portuguese), мучно́й червь (mučnój červʹ) [masculine] (Russian), un kurdu (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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